Description
Your Role: The Certified Anesthesia Technician o perates the institutional Point of Care Testing monitors, the institution's cell salvaging systems, as well as operate the Rapid Infusion Systems during trauma and liver transplant procedures, or procedures in which the massive transfusion protocol is initiated with minimal guidance. The Certified Anesthesia Technician r ecognizes a difficult airway, anticipates and provides necessary supplies and equipment. Prepares and operates Rapid Infusion System for processing delivery of blood products during surgical procedures and trauma.
$2,000 Sign-On Bonus/Relocation Incentive Offered ) for qualified applicants)
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The Department of Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine has a long tradition of innovation. This creative impulse has kept the Vanderbilt Anesthesiology Department in the vanguard of clinical discovery, basic science research, and translational application of new knowledge throughout perioperative medicine. We get the right people onto the team, create the right systems of practice to provide optimum patient care, and develop innovative technology to improve the capabilities of our clinicians. We train the future leaders of perioperative medicine in research, clinical innovation and patient care, and we put those skills into practice every day.
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Additional KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: - Demonstrates a working knowledge in the use and operation of point of care instrumentation and documentation.
- Demonstrates a working knowledge in the use and operation of cell salvage equipment.
- Possesses an understanding of pharmacology, anatomy and physiology as it applies to anesthesia care.
- Participates in providing multi-disciplinary support services that may include but not be limited to liver transplant services, pain management services, autotransfusion services.
- The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.
Sign-On Bonus Eligibility:
The sign on bonus is not applicable to current VUMC staff or former staff who have worked for VUMC in the past two years.
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