Job Description

At Cedars-Sinai, we're motivated by a collective spirit of innovation and the challenge to continuously improve. Above all, we share a real passion for helping others. Day after day, from department to department, our people give their all to create a community unlike any other. This is just one of the many reasons U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America?s Best Hospitals-and now we invite you to join us and make a difference every single day in service of this outstanding work - perfection and innovation in patient care, research, and community service. From working with a team of dedicated professionals to using innovative facilities, you?ll have phenomenal resources to do something incredible-for yourself, and for

What will you be doing in this role?

The Anesthesia Tech is an integral member of the anesthesia patient care team and operates under the general direction of the Anesthesiology Team Lead.

• Assists the licensed anesthesia provider in the acquisition, preparation and application of equipment and supplies required for the administration of anesthesia
• Provides support in anesthesia for routine and complex surgical cases. Prepares and maintains patient monitoring devices and anesthesia delivery before, during and after anesthesia.
• Assists the licensed anesthesia provider in various settings. Preforms duties under the direct supervision of the licensed anesthesia provider. Provides support for routine surgical cases through preparation and maintenance of patient equipment and anesthesia delivery systems before, during and after anesthesia. Cleans, sterilizes, disinfects, stocks, orders and maintains the routine anesthesia equipment and supplies.
• Demonstrates the knowledge of cardiopulmonary/vascular anatomy, physiology, infection control, pharmacology, and medical electronics
• Assist the Anesthesiology Team Lead in coordinating all technical procedures, schedules, special projects, protocols, education, and training for the Department of Anesthesia, and assists with staff evaluation.

Qualifications

Education:

Highschool Diploma/GED Required.

Licensure and Certifications:

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross (ARC) Required.

Certified Anesthesia Technician by American Society of Anesthesia Technician and Technologist (ASATT) Required for: Anesthesia Tech III

Experience:

Anesthesia Tech I - One (1) year of Anesthesia Tech experience in a healthcare environment preferred.

Anesthesia Tech II - Two (2) years of Anesthesia Tech experience in a healthcare environment Required.

Anesthesia Tech III - Three (3) years of Anesthesia Tech experience in a healthcare environment Required.

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About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi...tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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