Anesthesia Tech II

• Additional Information About the Role
• Anesthesia Tech I/II - Full Time
• St. Louis Children's Hospital | 6th Floor Operating Room

Are you looking for an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced surgical environment while working alongside anesthesia providers and clinical teams? St. Louis Children's Hospital is seeking an Anesthesia Technician to support patient care and surgical services.

What You'll Do

• Turn over operating rooms between cases
• Prepare and stock supplies for surgical procedures
• Set up and maintain anesthesia equipment
• Assist anesthesia providers with equipment and procedural needs
• Support off-site anesthesia locations including MRI, Cardiac Cath Lab, and Interventional Radiology
• Schedule
• Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
• Approximately 4 call shifts per month (weekday/weekend rotation)
• 1 holiday call shift per year

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior hospital experience required
• Patient care experience preferred
• Experience as a Patient Care Technician, Pharmacy Technician, Anesthesia Technician, or similar healthcare role is highly desirable
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work in a team-focused environment
• Overview
• St. Louis Children’s Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top-ranked children’s hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children’s provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury-prevention programs to fulfill its mission to “do what’s right for kids.”
• Providing comprehensive, high-quality care and serving as an advocate for children has been St. Louis Children’s commitment since its inception in 1879. Today, the hospital serves patients and families across a 300-mile service area, and has seen patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries.
• St. Louis Children’s consistently ranks among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S.News & World Report in all surveyed categories. In 2021, St. Louis Children’s was one of eight children’s hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties. The hospital’s academic and physician partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top-ranked medical schools in the United States. Since 2005, St. Louis Children’s has been designated as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC).

Preferred Qualifications

• Role Purpose
• Provides skilled assistance to anesthesiology providers, such as assisting with special procedures, preparing equipment and supplies and providing medications for use by anesthesiologists.

Responsibilities

• Prepares IV, central lines, and sets up transducers. Assists with rapid infusion of blood products, processes blood specimens, and completes EKG tests.
• Sets up, primes, and calibrates various equipment. Completes and documents quality checks on various equipment.
• Assists with special procedures to include, but not limited to, line-placement, fiber optic intubation, hemodilutions, echocardiograms, EEGs and regional anesthesia.
• Minimum Requirements
• Education
• High School Diploma or GED
• Experience
• 2-5 years
• Supervisor Experience
• No Experience
• Preferred Requirements
• Licenses & Certifications
• Anesthesia Technician
• Certified Nurse Assistant
• CPR/AED

Responsibilities

• St. Louis Children’s Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top-ranked children’s hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children’s provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury-prevention programs to fulfill its mission to “do what’s right for kids.”
• Providing comprehensive, high-quality care and serving as an advocate for children has been St. Louis Children’s commitment since its inception in 1879. Today, the hospital serves patients and families across a 300-mile service area, and has seen patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries.
• St. Louis Children’s consistently ranks among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S.News & World Report in all surveyed categories. In 2021, St. Louis Children’s was one of eight children’s hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties. The hospital’s academic and physician partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top-ranked medical schools in the United States. Since 2005, St. Louis Children’s has been designated as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC).

Qualifications

• Role Purpose
• Provides skilled assistance to anesthesiology providers, such as assisting with special procedures, preparing equipment and supplies and providing medications for use by anesthesiologists.

Responsibilities

• Prepares IV, central lines, and sets up transducers. Assists with rapid infusion of blood products, processes blood specimens, and completes EKG tests.
• Sets up, primes, and calibrates various equipment. Completes and documents quality checks on various equipment.
• Assists with special procedures to include, but not limited to, line-placement, fiber optic intubation, hemodilutions, echocardiograms, EEGs and regional anesthesia.
• Minimum Requirements
• Education
• High School Diploma or GED
• Experience
• 2-5 years
• Supervisor Experience
• No Experience
• Preferred Requirements
• Licenses & Certifications
• Anesthesia Technician
• Certified Nurse Assistant
• CPR/AED