Sr. Anesthesia Technician, Full Time

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The Senior Anesthesia Technician assists the anesthesia care provider with acquiring, preparing, and using equipment, supplies, and medications during the administration of anesthesia. The incumbent assists with special procedures and provides support for routine and complex surgical cases.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Cleans, sterilizes, disinfects, orders, and maintains routine anesthesia equipment and supplies.
2. Maintains anesthesia medications according to facilitys needs.
3. Cleans, organizes, and maintains anesthesia workroom.
4. Prepares and maintains patient monitoring devices and anesthesia delivery systems pre, intra, and post anesthesia, while taking into consideration age-specific issues.
5. Performs basic troubleshooting for monitors and equipment and reports defective equipment and malfunctions to appropriate staff.
6. Maintains quality improvement, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
7. Documents preventative maintenance and preserves quality records.
8. Assists with transport of patients and laboratory specimens and travels between facilities or other treatment locations.
9. Builds and maintains effective working relationships with anesthesia department staff, and works collaboratively with nurse circulators, and surgical, service, and equipment technicians.
10. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets. This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Associate degree in relevant field required

Certification and Licensing: Not applicable

Experience: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Floridas only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. Were the challenge youve been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

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