Job Summary:

Under direct supervision of the Anesthesiologist and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), sets up, troubleshoots, and provides general maintenance on all anesthesia equipment.

Essential Responsibilities:

+ On a daily basis and in accordance with department standards, maintains and services all electronic and mechanical equipment used by Anesthesia Department personnel.

+ Sets-up transducers, calibrate sand zeros monitors.

+ Assembles pediatric and adult ventilator circuits.

+ Prepares procedural equipment such as the CVP, arterial line, Swan-Ganz, and routine intravenous lines.

+ Operates, calibrates, and performs routine maintenance on a variety of technical equipment used in the operating room, such as the Drager and/or Narkomed anesthesia machines, HP Monitors, pulse oximeter and rapid infusion/transfusion systems.

+ Identifies malfunctioning equipment, troubleshoots equipment problems...