Anesthesia Technician - Per Diem, MMC Ambulatory Surgery center, Rockaway, NJ

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsible for assisting the anesthesia care provider with preparing and using equipment's, providing supplies and medications during the administration of anesthesia. Assists with special procedures and provides support in anesthesia for routine and complex surgical cases. Performs under general supervision of the licensed anesthesia care provider designated by the client facility.

• Provides anesthesia technician services to patients under direct supervision of a licensed anesthesia care provider.
• Cleans, sterilizes, disinfects, orders/stocks, and maintains routine anesthesia equipment's.
• Maintains anesthesia medications, supplies and equipment's according to the needs and schedules.
• Prepares and maintains patient monitoring devices and anesthesia delivery systems pre, intra and post anesthesia and with consideration and knowledge of age-specific issues related to meeting the needs of the various patient groups.
• Performs basic troubleshooting for monitors and equipment's and reports defects or malfunctions in equipment's appropriately/immediately.
• Maintains established departmental policies, procedures, quality improvement, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Documents and maintains preventative maintenance and quality records.
• Assists with transportation of patients and laboratory specimens as necessary.
• Participates in multidisciplinary rounds/meetings as needed.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required:

• High School Diploma
• 1-2 years of experience as Anesthesia Technician or Operating Room Tech experience.

Preferred:

• Anesthesia Technician certification.
• Basic Life Support

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is;
Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non‑profit health care systems in the nation.

Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Centra State Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community‑based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of All Spire Health Partners.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• 100 Best Companies to Work For ® and FORTUNE® magazine for 15 years
• Best Places to Work in Healthcare - Modern Healthcare
• 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare - Becker's Healthcare
• 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know - Becker's Hospital Review
• Best Employers for Workers over 50 - AARP
• Gold-Level "Well Workplace":
  Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)
• One of the 100 Best Workplaces for "Millennia ls" Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine
• One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care:
  Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine
• Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets
• NJ Sustainable Business

Morristown Medical Center is a nationally‑recognized leader in cardiology and heart surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, geriatrics, gastroenterology and GI surgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urology.

We are the only hospital in New Jersey named one of America's '50 Best Hospitals' for six consecutive years by Health grades and one of the World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek. We were included on Becker's Healthcare 2020 list of "100 Great Hospitals in America". In addition, Leapfrog recognized us with an "A" hospital safety grade - its highest - twelve consecutive times, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded us…