• Application Deadline:
• Position: Anesthetic Technician


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 1 year


• Location Lagos


• City Ikoyi


• Job Field Medical / Healthcare 
  

Job Description

• This role is responsible is to provide direct clinical assistance to aneasthetics, safe operational anaesthetic and ancillary equipment in the operating theatre and maintaining a high standard of patient care.

Summary of Responsibilities

• Stocking & preparation of anaesthetic rooms ensuring all rooms and equipment trolleys are stocked in accordance with stocking list for each theatre


• Checking and preparation of anaesthetic machines, intravenous drugs and ancillary equipment including cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of equipment


• Preparation, application and establishment of patients monitoring equipment


• Provide professional, clinical and technical assistance to the anaesthetist during all anaesthetic procedures and other times


• Receiving patients from theatre reception, checking verbally the full names and hospital number with wrist band and ensure the adequate operative consent has been signed consistent with the operation list


• Transferring patients to the operating room and to post-operative care units after procedures


• Assisting with safe positioning of patients


• When required, provide assistance outside the operating theatre in other units like the Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department, CT Scanning Suite, MRI Unit, or other areas of the hospitals


• Participate in your departmental quality improvement project


• Carry out other duties as assigned.

Key Result Areas/ Performance Goals:

• Anaesthetic Rooms to be kept to a high degree of cleanliness


• Sterilization of all anaesthetic equipment


• Incidence reporting and adequate documentation


• Triage


• Use of SOPS / adherence to quality standards.

Job Qualifications

• Anaesthetic Technician Certificate


• 1 year post qualification experience is desirable

Core Competencies:

• Basic Life Support skills


• I CARE attitude


• Team Player


• Attention to details


• Good interpersonal and communication skills.