Operation Theatre Technician

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that the anaesthesia machine is functional
• Checking availability of Anaesthesia drugs and emergency drugs and its expiry
• Checking availability of stand by Medical Gas Cylinders
• Checks the Central Medical Gas Flow
• Checking closed Anaesthesia circuit and for its working condition, styllet, kidney trays , E.T Tube, soda lime, Halothane, Isoflamen vaporisers etc.
• Helping in positioning of the patient for respective surgeries.(with table accessories, IV stands, tourniquets)
• Assisting Anaesthetist for GA,SA, EA extubation
• Helping the circulatory nurse for preparation of the patient for surgery
• Helping in shifting the patient to the respective wards /room.
• Preparation and setting up trolley for bouges, airways, laryngoscopes and telescopic bronchoscope.
• Assisting for procedures outside OT like Cathlab, Radiology, Endoscopy which require anaesthesia sedation.
• Preparing drugs and equipment for postoperative analgesia like PCA Epidural analgesia and Peripheral nerve blocks.

Qualification & Experience

• B.Sc (OT) / OT Technician Course / Trained
• Experience
• 5 to 10 years