NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.
Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Anesthesia Tech II - PER DIEM. In this role, the successful candidate is responsible for stocking anesthetic supplies for ORs, maintaining anesthetic equipment, ensuring anesthetic equipment is available, and assisting clinicians with patient care.
Job Responsibilities:
Clinical/ Patient Care:
- Provides assistance to all anesthesia clinicians during induction, maintenance, and emergence from anesthesia.
- Assists with the placement of regional anesthetics and invasive monitoring devices.
- Provides medication to provider.
- Retrieves and returns drugs to drug delivery system.
- Assists with pain blocks, epidurals, spinals, line placement, and patient positioning.
- Transports patients.
- Follows directives and protocols.
- Communicates with circulating nurses.
- Responds to codes within the limitations of the above duties.
Equipment:
- Calibrates and runs Quality Control and Quality Assurance analysis.
- Calibrates and troubleshoots anesthesia machines.
- Sets up Level I RIS, syringe pumps, capnographs, TEG, and TEEs.
- Sets up intravenous, central venous, arterial, and pulmonary artery catheters using sterile techniques.
- Clears debris and equipment from the surface and drawers of used anesthesia machines.
- Ensures the sterility and cleanliness of all machines.
- Performs all standard procedural checks on equipment.
- Assists with troubleshooting technical problems.
- Makes minor repairs and adjustments to equipment.
- Informs Engineering and supervisor of needed repairs.
Supplies:
- Checks machine drawers to ensure they are well stocked.
- Makes available fluids such as Lactated Ringers, Plasma Lite, Normal Saline, Hespan, Flextend, FFP, Whole Blood, and Albumin.
- Disposes of supplies used in regular and contaminated cases.
Gases:
- Ensures medical pipeline is operational, including N2O, O2, and Medical Air.
- Checks the status of nitrous oxide, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide cylinder banks to determine available supply pressure.
- Replaces empty cylinders.
Other:
- Assists with the training of Anesthesia Technicians.
- Apprises supervisor of performance of Anesthesia Technicians.
- Ensures workroom areas are clean and orderly before, during, and after each shift.
- Performs other related duties as requested.
Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify, you must have an Associates Degree or certifications from ASATT or ATA, two years of work experience in a perioperative area or related field, familiarity with Operating Room drug and equipment terminology, the ability to read, write, and follow instructions, and the ability to lift and move equipment up to 50 lbs. Basic computer skills are also required.
Preferred Qualifications:
ASATT Certification preferred. Bachelor's Degree is a plus.
Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.
The salary range for the role is $29.58 - $32.76 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need.
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