Anesthesia Technician- Duke Raleigh Campus-Surgery Center-Full-Time

Location

Duke Raleigh Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina (This position will float between Operating Room, CT, MRI, Cath lab and Radiology)

Work Hours

Shift

• FIVE, 8-hr days,
• Monday-Friday 6:30am-3:00pm

One Saturday every six weeks

Premium pay rates offered for weekend shifts

Required Qualifications

Requires HS Diploma

College coursework in healthcare and/or basic sciences preferred.

Associated degree in Anesthesia Technology from an Accredited ASATT program preferred.

Experience

Work requires one year of recent anesthesia technician experience.

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification

Basic Life Support Provider Certification.

American Society of Anesthesia Technologists and Technicians Certification preferred.

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure in a stressful environment, and often without relief.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge relating to the anesthesia procedures to effectively anticipate the needs of the anesthesiologist.
• Ability to set priorities and respond appropriately to actual and/or potential life-threatening situations.
• Communicate with patients while helping prepare them for anesthesia to explain procedures, allay fears and elicit patient cooperation. Participate in non-charged calming conversations.
• Establish and maintain good working relationships with other members of the health care team.
• Physical abilities to complete job duties which include lifting, standing, walking, ability to push, pull, climb, stoop, kneel, reach overhead and rotate trunk for prolonged periods.

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