Posted: 13-Sep-24
Location: Ocala, Florida
Type: Full Time
Salary: open based on experience
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Internal Number: AT10242023
Anesthesia Technician
Ocala Equine Hospital, PA is an extremely fast-paced and busy practice. The practice consists of a an ambulatory division, surgery division, and in-house laboratory. The facility includes 3 barns, a pool recovery system, MRI, CT advanced imaging, Nuclear Scintigraphy, Pet Scan and state-of-the art equipment in all areas. The surgical caseload consists of elective / emergency orthopedic and upper airway cases.
Skills/Responsibilities Required:
The primary role and duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
Coordinate and complete the following tasks timely, efficiently, and accurately adhering to local policies and procedures:
- Work in a team environment in preparation of surgical procedures
- Calculate and administer sedation
- Place IV catheters
- Assist with set up and position of patient
- All aspects of anesthetic care; induction, intubation, recovery
- Monitor patient levels and control of anesthesia machine
- On the job training is available to the right candidate
With training, the ability to independently manage anesthesia cases.
General Duties
- Assist with sterilization of instruments and equipment
- Care for all anesthesia equipment
- Keep meticulous notes in horses’ chart
- Physical assessment of patient
- Communicate effectively with surgeons when necessary
- Administer medication as needed
- Patient Contact: move patients from stalls to hospital and return to stall
Technical Skills:
- Ability to follow drug protocols for induction, maintenance, and TIVA
- Phlebotomy
- All routes of medication administration
- Fluid therapy
Hours are Monday – Friday 7:30am until daily surgery are completed and rotating on-call schedule for nights and weekends. We are not a 24-hour facility.
Qualifications:
- Scrub / Surgery technician experience, 3 years preferred
- Familiarity of surgical instruments
- Patient Charting
- Understanding of sterilization technique
- Understanding of drugs/medications
- Ability to keep detailed logs of all controlled substances
- Exceptional horse handling skills required, including handling of fractious or sedated horses, mares and foals
- Veterinary medicine experience (TPR, IM/IV, retraining techniques, oral medications, placing catheters, bandage wraps, isolation protocols, sterile technique)
- Full understanding of horse anatomy
- Good computer skills
- Capable of recognizing patient emergency situations
- Critical thinking
- Good time management and multitasking skills
- Effective communicator
- Detail oriented
- Ability to handle high pressure situations
- Ability to learn and adapt as needed
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to perform all job duties while standing