Anesthesia Technician at SSM Health, Janesville, WI

Anesthesia Technician at SSM Health in Janesville, WI. Est. up to $80k. Apply with swipeandhired.

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WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:
Join a team where your work matters - every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.

Be part of a close-knit perioperative team that values collaboration, respect, and helping one another succeed. You'll enjoy a positive workplace culture where your contributions are recognized and appreciated.

Department: Operating Room
Schedule: 36 hours per week / Day shift - Monday-Thursday 6:30am-3pm, Friday 4 hour shift

Apply today. SSM Health - We bring out the incredible in you, everyday.

Job Summary:
Performs a number of duties in assisting the professional staff in setting-up, calibrating, disinfection and operating anesthesia equipment. Orders, obtains, stocks and distributes anesthesia supplies to carts.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Checks, cleans and maintains anesthesia machine monitors including changing oxygen cylinders, refilling anesthesia gases, changing CO2 absorbent and ensuring equipment is in good working order.
• Assists in set-ups of anesthesia equipment as needed.
• Orders, obtains and stocks sterile solution surgical supplies to specified storage cabinets, including automated dispensing systems/cabinets.
• Orders and maintains inventories of supplies in anesthesia and related areas. Ensures anesthesia carts are appropriately stocked.
• Ensures malfunctioning equipment is serviced and proper infection control and regulatory guidelines are followed.
• Assists in operating room turn-over by disinfecting anesthesia work surfaces, monitor cables and connecting a clean anesthesia circuit to the anesthesia machine.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent reaching and gripping.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Rare crawling, sitting and keyboard use/data entry.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

4403000026 Operating Room

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
36

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