Anesthesiologist

Anesthesiologist JOB FUNCTION

Responsible for overall provision, direction, and quality of all anesthesiology services provided to PSV patients.

• Perform a pre-anesthetic evaluation and provide pre-operative instructions and preparation:
  An appropriate pre-anesthesia evaluation and examination is performed by an anesthesiologist, prior to anesthesia and surgery. In the event that non-physician personnel are utilized in the process, the anesthesiologist must verify the information and repeat and record essential key elements of the evaluation
• Order and review pre-operative studies and consultations as medically indicated.
• Ensure all ordered pre-anesthetic diagnostic tests results have been received and document review of said
• Develop an anesthesia plan and discuss with the patient.
• Ensure that pre-anesthetic equipment checklist(s) have been completed,

• Be available during induction, and throughout the procedure for consultation, if not personally administering the anesthetic
• Immediate review prior to initiation of anesthetic procedures:
• Perform Patient reevaluation
• Check equipment, drugs and gas supply
• Monitor patient
• Record.

• Determine if patient needs first stage recovery or meets the criteria that first stage recovery may be by-passed.
• Continuously monitor the patient until the patient is in stable condition in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and care has been turned over to a PACU nurse.
• Communicate to the PACU personnel the patient’s intra-operative course and pertinent medical history and shall coordinate the patient’s post-operative care plan.
• Document on the Post Anesthesia Care Record all significant events of the peri-operative phase of patient care
• Before discharge, evaluate each patient in accordance with applicable state health and safety laws for proper anesthesia recovery
• Discharge patient once the established discharge criteria has been met and documented. .
• Be responsible for care of the patient throughout the PACU stay.
• Evaluate the patient for anesthetic recovery and discharge the patient from PACU care
• Follow all commonly accepted infection control procedures and use personal protective devices, as appropriate

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and talk or hear; and type on a keyboard. He/she may be required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and climb or balance. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include near vision, and distance vision and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described in this job description are representative of those encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.

Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The exposure risk to blood borne pathogens is high.