Anesthesia Technician

Job description / Role

- Cleans, sterilizes and sets up all types of anesthesia equipment and their components including blood gas equipment, anesthesia machines, venous and arterial pressure lines, endotracheal tubes, nasopharyngeal tubes, vaporizers, ventilators, EKG monitors, blood warmers, infusion pumps, Bair huggers, etc.;
- Checks, cleans and maintains anesthesia machines on a daily basis, refilling vaporizers with anesthetic agents, changing the sodalime, changing the nitrous, oxygen and air cylinders as needed, and checking for leakages, etc.
- Performs blood gas analyses using blood gas analyzing and centrifuge equipment to determine and monitor the pH, carbon dioxide, oxygen, hemoglobin, hematocrit, sodium, potassium, calcium, and oxygen saturation levels in the blood of patients;
- Perform quality control tests on the blood-gas analyzers on a daily basis;
- Ensures adequate inventory of all equipment and supplies related to anesthesia machines, ventilators, monitoring equipment, pressure transducers, endotracheal tubes, spinal and block trays, non-narcotic medications, etc.;
- Troubleshoots malfunctioning equipment and effects repairs by replacing various system components to isolate the problem, or replaces equipment;
- Ensures that operating rooms are properly stocked with bottles of plasmalyte, albumin and nitroglycerin, as required;
- Ensures that medications, drugs and anesthetics are properly stored and refrigerated, and properly disposed of when unusable;
- Assists anesthesiologists as needed during surgery;
- Places orders to insure adequate inventory and follows up with appropriate sources to ensure their delivery;

Requirements

- Applicants should hold a Bachelor Degree in a relevant subject
- To have 2-3 years experience in the relevant field
- Candidate to be based in the UAE
- Immediate starters preferred
- Act as a translator if needed

About the Company

A leading healthcare entity in the UAE.