Barnes-Jewish Hospital · 2 days ago
Anesthesia Support Manager
Barnes-Jewish Hospital is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals. The Anesthesia Support Manager is responsible for the planning, direction, and coordination of workforce and technical services across a high-acuity hospital, ensuring safe and high-quality technical support for anesthesia services.
AssociationHealth CareNon Profit
Responsibilities
Ensures that anesthesia equipment, monitoring devices, supplies, carts, and specialty tools are properly maintained, calibrated, quality controlled, clean (or sterile/HLD as appropriate), and positioned for use in all settings (OR and remote/procedural areas). Coordinates preventative maintenance and repairs with Clinical Engineering and ensures redundancy/backups to minimize downtime and procedural delays
Develops, implements, and monitors policies, standard operating procedures/standard work, safety protocols, and regulatory compliance (e.g. infection control, equipment safety, accreditation) for anesthesia technical services. Oversees technician onboarding, competency verification, ongoing education, and performance assessment programs to ensure all staff meet needed skills, particularly in high-acuity, specialty, and remote procedural environments
Designs staffing models that meet anesthesia technical needs 24/7 across ORs and remote areas, considering case volume, acuity, specialty services (trauma, transplant, cardiac, etc.). This position leads the recruitment efforts, works to retain staff via career development, recognition, and workload balance to maintain a stable, engaged workforce
Defines and tracks key performance indicators (KPI’s) such as equipment uptime, response times, case-delay rates, supply costs, staff utilization, turnover etc. Uses data to identify inefficiencies or safety risks, leads improvement initiatives, root cause analyses, and implements corrective actions to improve quality, safety, anesthesia provider support and cost outcomes
Serves as liaison among anesthesia providers (MDs, CRNAs), OR leadership, procedural service leaders (endoscopy, Radiology, catheterization lab, etc.), CE, equipment support, supply chain, sterile processing, facilities, and hospital leadership. Ensures clear communication of policies, protocol changes, staffing or equipment impacts, and collaborates to resolve cross-departmental issues that affect anesthesia technical service delivery
Manages individual(s) including but not limited to: onboarding and hiring, training, workload management & performance evaluations, conducting professional development plans as needed. Ensures that the productivity and actions of that group meet/support the overall operational goals of the department as established by department leadership
Develops and adheres to departmental staffing, revenue and/or expense budgets. Responds to changes in the business which may affect the ability to achieve the budget goals
BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job
Qualification
Required
Associate's Degree
Nursing/Allied Health/related
< 2 years of Supervisor Experience
RN
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree
Nursing/Allied Health/related
2-5 years of experience
2-5 years of Supervisor Experience
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
Disability insurance paid for by BJC
Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
401(k) plan with BJC match
Tuition Assistance available on first day
BJC Institute for Learning and Development
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
Adoption assistance
Company
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Barnes Jewish Hospital and medical center in St Louis Missouri has established a rich tradition of medical excellence
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