Anesthesia Technician Summit, NJ

Job Description

Responsible for assisting the anesthesia care provider with preparing and using equipment, providing supplies and medications during the administration of anesthesia. Assists with special procedures and provides support in anesthesia for routine and complex surgical cases. Performs under general supervision of the licensed anesthesia care provider designated by the client facility.

• Provides anesthesia technician services to patients under direct supervision of a licensed anesthesia care provider.
• Cleans, sterilizes, disinfects, orders/stocks, and maintains routine anesthesia equipment.
• Maintains anesthesia medications, supplies and equipment according to the needs and schedules.
• Prepares and maintains patient monitoring devices and anesthesia delivery systems pre, intra and post anesthesia and with consideration and knowledge of age‑specific issues related to meeting the needs of the various patient groups.
• Performs basic troubleshooting for monitors and equipment and reports defects or malfunctions in equipment appropriately/immediately.
• Maintains established departmental policies, procedures, quality improvement, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Documents and maintains preventative maintenance and quality records.
• Assists with transportation of patients and laboratory specimens as necessary.
• Participates in multidisciplinary rounds/meetings as needed.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required:

• High School Diploma in Anesthesia Technology or related field.
• 2 years of experience as Anesthesia Technician or relevant area.

Preferred:

• Anesthesia Technician certification.

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is that anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non‑profit health care systems in the nation.

Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Dory Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Centra State Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community‑based health care providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of All Spire Health Partners.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• 100 Best Companies to Work For (r) and FORTUNE(r) magazine for 15 years
• Best Places to Work in Healthcare – Modern Healthcare
• 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare – Becker's Healthcare
• 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know – Becker's Hospital Review
• Best Employers for Workers over 50 – AARP
• Gold‑Level "Well Workplace":
  Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)
• One of the 100 Best Workplaces for "Millennia ls" Great Place to Work(r) and FORTUNE(r) magazine
• One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care:
  Great Place to Work(r) and FORTUNE(r) magazine
• Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets
• NJ Sustainable Business

Named one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by Health grades, a World's Best Hospital by Newsweek and recognized as a Best Regional Hospital in the NY Metro area by U.S. News & World Report.

Our Atlantic Neuroscience Institute is the region's leader in neuroscience care. A hub for the New Jersey Stroke Network, we offer a broad range of advanced neurological, neurosurgical and neurodiagnostic services. We are also certified as a Level IV Epilepsy Center and home to the Gerald J. Glasser Brain Tumor Center, where more brain tumor surgeries are performed than anywhere else in New Jersey.

Our Cyber Knife(r) program is the largest…