Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Lead Anesthesia Tech
Job Summary and Qualifications
As a Lead Anesthesia Technician, you will play an important role in supporting the anesthesia team by preparing equipment and looking ahead to what they might need. You will work closely with nurses and other staff to help create a safe and smooth experience for patients. In your leadership role, you will help train and guide your team and share updates on new processes and equipment to help ensure patients receive safe, high-quality care.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Preparing, organizing, and maintaining anesthesia equipment to ensure it is clean, functional, and ready for use
- Anticipating the needs of anesthesia providers by setting up specialized carts, transporting equipment, and helping create efficient, safe operating room setups
- Assisting with patient care activities, including patient transport, positioning, and helping place monitoring devices, while ensuring patient privacy and comfort
- Supporting higher-level anesthesia tasks like intubation assistance or invasive monitoring and help respond in emergency situations
- Maintaining knowledge of surgical procedures, equipment troubleshooting, infection prevention practices, and patient safety initiatives
- Serving as a leader and resource for your team by interviewing candidates, training new staff, sharing updates on new processes and equipment, and fostering a warm, collaborative team environment
What qualifications you will need:
- Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
- High School Graduate / GED
- 1+ years experience in surgical services in a hospital setting
- Completed vocational training program in Anesthesia Technology preferred
Benefits
Methodist Hospital Northeast, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
Learn more about Employee Benefits
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Methodist Hospital Northeast is a 232 bed, full service hospital. We are home to the Joint Replacement Academy. We offer the latest treatment options for knee and hip pain. We house an impressive neurosurgical program. This program offers services from elective spine surgeries to advanced and comprehensive brain and spine care.
We are recognized by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association as a Certified Primary Stroke Center. We handle patients with urgency. We are acknowledged by the American College of Cardiology as an Accredited Chest Pain Center with Primary PCIa. All complaints are handled crucially. We are identified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for having a Pathway to Excellence Program. We dedicate resources to our employees. We have received the Mission: Lifeline® Bronze Receiving Quality Achievement Award. This is awarded for implementing specific quality improvements. These measures were outlined by the American Heart Association. The improvements impact the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks. This was outlined by the Texas Award for Performance Excellence. We have been nationally recognized by Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grade A.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Lead Anesthesia Tech opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
