Operates point of care testing monitors, cell salvaging systems, and rapid infusion systems during complex surgical and trauma procedures. Provides multidisciplinary support for anesthesia care teams, including equipment maintenance and airway management.
Requirements summary
Requires a High School Diploma or GED and active certification as a Certified Anesthesia Technician (Cer.A.T.) from ASATT. Candidates must have at least 2 years of applicable relevant work experience.
high schoolprofessional certificatePatient CareEquipment MaintenanceMedical TerminologyPoint Of Care TestingClinical DocumentationAnatomyPhysiologyPharmacologyAirway ManagementTrauma SupportCell Salvaging SystemsRapid Infusion Systems
Job description
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Organization
Anesthesiology
Job
Summary: Certified Anesthesia Technician, Cer.A.T. Vanderbilt University Medical Center
$10k Signing Bonus
Relocation
Available for
Qualified
Candidates
Your
Role: Operates 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. .
Position
Shift:
FT
Evening
Shift: 2p-10:30p,
M-F &
FT
Night
Shift: 10p - 6:30a are both available due to departmental growth. Why Work at Vanderbilt as a Certified Anesthesia Technician or Technologist? Vanderbilt pays ASATT membership dues for Certified Anesthesia Techs. Our certified techs can do more! At other facilities they only require their techs to do room turnovers and stock. Here at VUMC, our techs are expected to be hands on. There are no limits on what our Anesthesia Techs can learn.
Clear path to management: Certified Techs can be considered for lead, supervisor, and eventually management roles. Our rapid growth allows for more advancement opportunities than other facilities.
Department
Summary: The Vanderbilt Department of Anesthesiology embraces the anesthesia care team approach to patient care, involving anesthesiologists and residents, certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs) and anesthesia technicians. The department at Vanderbilt provides anesthesia for all types of surgical procedures, including cardiac, pediatrics, vascular, trauma, neurosurgery, plastics, radiologic, and special procedures.
Benefits
Disability Insurance
Health Insurance
Wellness Offerings
Relocation Assistance
Signing Bonus
Retirement Offerings
ASATT Membership Dues
Certified
Anesthesia
Technician
Sign-On
Bonus
Eligibility
Requirements: The sign on bonus is not applicable to current VUMC staff or former staff who have worked for VUMC in the past 12 months.
Relocation
Terms: Must relocate from greater than 100 miles The relocation bonus is not applicable to current VUMC staff or former staff who have worked for VUMC in the past 12 months.
KEY
Responsibilities:
Demonstrates a working knowledge in the use and operation of point of care instrumentation and documentation.
Recognizes 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.
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. TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
Anesthesiology/Anesthesia
Technical
Support (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrates capabilities as Anesthesia Technical Support. anesthesiology in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.
Procedures
Knowledge (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate procedures knowledge in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.
Equipment
Maintenance (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate the ability to maintain equipment, products, or systems in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Assures that parts inventory is sufficient.
Medical
Terminology &
Documentation (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate medical terminology and documentation in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
Position
Qualifications:
Required: High School Diploma or GED (or equivalent experience) 2 years of applicable experience Active certification as a Certified Anesthesia Technician Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings. These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health’s reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South. Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.
Core
Accountabilities:
Organizational
Impact: Performs non-routine tasks that significantly impact team's performance with minimal guidance.
Problem
Solving/
Complexity of work: Conducts research and analysis to solve some non-routine problems.
Breadth of
Knowledge: Applies broad job knowledge and has basic job skills in other areas.
Team
Interaction: Provides informal guidance and support to less experienced team members.
Core
Capabilities :
Supporting
Colleagues: -
Develops
Self and
Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.-
Builds and
Maintains
Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas. -
Communicates
Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
Delivering
Excellent
Services: -
Serves
Others with
Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service. -
Solves
Complex
Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner. -
Offers
Meaningful
Advice and
Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
Ensuring
High
Quality: -
Performs
Excellent
Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.-
Ensures
Continuous
Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond.-
Fulfills
Safety and
Regulatory
Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
Managing
Resources
Effectively: -
Demonstrates
Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service. -
Stewards
Organizational
Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources. -
Makes
Data
Driven
Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
Fostering
Innovation: -
Generates
New
Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them. -
Applies
Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action. -
Adapts to
Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.
Position
Qualifications:
Responsibilities:
Certifications: Certified Anesthesia Technician (Cer.A.T.) - American
Society of
Anesthesia
Technicians/Technologists (ASATT)
Work
Experience:
Relevant
Work
Experience
Experience
Level : 2 years
Education: High School Diploma or GED This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within Vanderbilt Health, supported by a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth. Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled. PEOPLE ARE AT THE HEART OF ALL WE DO.
Our vision: The world leader in advancing personalized health.
Our mission: personalizing the patient experience through our caring spirit and distinctive capabilities. Making Health Care Personal. We’re looking for like-minded individuals driven to make a difference. We invite you to explore careers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. At VUMC, we place a priority on designing with and for our patients and families. We value collaboration, embrace continuous learning and discovery, and seek to be a place where everyone has the chance to thrive. We’re the largest private employer in Middle Tennessee, with a growing team and expanding footprint in towns and communities across the region. We employ more than 28,000 people who work in inpatient and outpatient clinical care, research, and graduate medical education as well as critical supporting roles in administration, information technology and informatics, finance, legal and community affairs, communications and marketing, fund-raising, groundskeeping and facilities, and many more.
Our growing health system has more than 1,700 licensed hospital beds at: Vanderbilt University Hospital Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital It’s also home to hundreds of outpatient clinic and surgical locations throughout the region. We serve our community with many unique and specialized services including the Level 1 Trauma Center, a highly experienced Transplant Center that does the most heart transplants in the world, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lung Institute, Burn Center and many more. World-leading academic departments and centers make scientific discoveries, advance clinical care and train the next generation of health care professionals. Our robust research enterprise consistently ranks among the highest in the country as measured by peer-reviewed grant funding from the National Institutes of Health. We’re honored to be consistently considered among the nation’s best hospitals, including being nationally ranked in multiple medical specialties for treating the most complex conditions in adults and children by US News and World Report. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt ranked as the No. 1 children’s hospital in the southeast in 2024. We support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at VUMC for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose. Join us in Making Health Care Personal.
