HEALTH TECHNICIAN (ANESTHESIA)
Summary
Provides anesthesia support in a military hospital, assisting with equipment checks, patient monitoring, and maintaining sterile surgical environments during procedures.
About the Position: Serves as a Health Technician in the Department of Anesthesia at Madigan Army Medical Center, providing comprehensive anesthesia support for surgical procedures ranging from routine operations to complex, high-risk, and trauma cases. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. A recruitment incentive may be authorized.
Assist anesthesia providers with performing quality control checks and documenting them to comply with Joint Commission (JC) and Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB) guidelines.
Assess patient acuity and procedures with anesthesia staff to develop a plan of care.
Observe patient’s vitals and visual assessments for such changes in condition as labored breathing, depression, convulsions, hemorrhage, shock, and anxiety.
Assist the anesthesia provider in the operating rooms during anesthesia induction and recovery from anesthesia by anticipating the needs of the anesthesia provider based upon real time changes in hemodynamic function.
Remove dirty anesthesia equipment and replaces it with clean equipment in between anesthetic and surgical procedures.
Perform Sterilization and Sanitation Procedures.
Responsible for first-level maintenance on equipment such as oxygen analyzers, arterial pressure lines, electrode wires on EKG machines, and various other equipment that needs batteries.
Responsible for keeping the anesthesia supply and workroom, all operating rooms, and outside of operating rooms are areas neat and clean.