Children's National Hospital · 1 day ago
Coor Resource Tech Specialist & Assistant
Washington, DC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$46K/yr - $77K/yr
5+ years expChildren's National Hospital is a healthcare institution seeking a Coordinator, Resource Technician Specialists and Assistants to join their Perioperative team. This role involves coordinating anesthesia technical support activities and assisting anesthesiologists and nursing staff in the surgical setting.
AssociationChild CareHealth CareNon Profit
Responsibilities
Perform assessments as necessary to ensure needs are met, by coordinating and assisting in all anesthesia related resource technician specialist support of the anesthesiology department
Function as a resource and perform Resource Technician Duties, if needed
Coordinate shift assignments for staff and ensure completion; Ensure proper 24/7 coverage of the OR’s even during periods of short staffing, and scheduled breaks
Review daily, nightly, and weekend checklist and stocking of all locations
Facilitate and ensure anesthesia technicians are available at the beginning and end of procedures to assist anesthesiologists with NEURO, CRANI, CARDIAC, NEONATES, and PICU patients
Anticipate and respond to customer needs; follow up until needs are met
Communicate effectively with the OR team, patients, and families with excellent written and verbal skills; Provide feedback and status update to supervisor and peers; Respond to questions from patient, families, and others in a prompt, courteous, positive, and knowledgeable manner and/or refer them to appropriate personnel
Facilitate learning opportunities for all staff and ensure staff educational needs are met
Assist to train and educate new staff with the Anesthesia Technician Specialist program and the Resource Assistants
Verify and collaborate with the Supervisor that Joint Commission standards are being met: IV bags dated and timed, expired products replaced, carts locked at end of day, and emergency carts always ready
Coordinate with the Supervisor to provide 'in-services' retraining, and retesting as indicated
Teach and mentor for the ASATT exam and rotating AT fellows in training
Introduce new products, equipment, and changing work practices
Ensures staff adherence to unit/hospital policies
Displays strong leadership in a team environment by example
Collaborates with the RTS Supervisor regarding resource needs and work performance
Effectively manages conflict resolution
Accept new challenges with a positive and proactive approach. Actively maintain all annual requirements, mandatory classes and on-line CHEX requirements. Attends and/or reviews all in-services
Maintain certification or registration as required. Take accountability for own clinical and professional growth based on continuing education, evaluation and feedback
Maintain daily productivity levels and ordering of supplies
Ensure staff maintain the workroom as an effective and clean work space and speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
Work with the Director of Anesthesia Support Services, RTS Supervisor and Biomedical Engineering regarding stock outs, product defects, and equipment status and return
Identify equipment and complex case cart improvements and implements a plan of action to optimize delivery of patient care
Oversee to monitor and the documentation of anesthesia equipment, and specialty carts for safety, quality control, preventative maintenance and cleanliness while ensuring that the standards of infection control are met
Validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
Promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
Use resources efficiently
Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance
Accept direction from the Resource Tech supervisor, Charge Nurse, OR Clinical Manager and Director of Perioperative Services
Partner with all team members to achieve goals
Be receptive to others’ ideas and opinions
Contribute to a positive work environment
Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met
Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
Partner with all team members to achieve goals
Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions
Contribute to a positive work environment
Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
Use resources efficiently
Search for less costly ways of doing things
Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance
Qualification
Required
High School Diploma or GED
5 years At least 5-7 years in an Anesthesia Technician position or equivalent
Experience as a Certified Anesthesia Technician II for 24 months
At least two years of coordinating experience as an anesthesia technician
Basic Life Support (BLS)
ASATT certification
Preferred
Knowledge of the life sciences as normally acquired through successful completion of an Associate's Degree in an allied health or life science discipline preferred or equivalent experience
Understanding of medical terminology as attained through allied health or medical training, completion of medical terminology course, or college level anatomy and physiology
Company
Children's National Hospital
Children’s National Hospital, based in Washington, D.C., was established in 1870 to help every child grow up stronger.
Founded in 1870Washington, District of Columbia, USA
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$19.4MKey Investors
Gilbert Family FoundationAdvanced Research Projects Agency for HealthUnited Health Foundation
2025-10-09Grant· $8M
2024-10-23Grant· $8M
2021-11-09Grant· $3.4M
Leadership Team
Kurt Newman
President and CEO
Michelle Riley-Brown, MHA, FACHE
President and CEO
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