What You’ll Do:

The Anesthesiologist Assistant (AA) works as part of the Anesthesia Care Team in an Orthopaedic Outpatient Surgery Center and is responsible for providing quality care utilizing the team approach. The AA performs clinical anesthesia duties and takes appropriate responsibility for direct patient care. The AA prioritizes anesthetic decisions, administers anesthetic agents under department protocols and guidelines, and communicates patient status to healthcare team members.

Under the medical direction of an Anesthesiologist:

• Perform or supervise the performance of an anesthetic experience in collaboration with appropriate physician throughout the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases of anesthesia and surgery
• Administer monitored anesthesia care
• Examine patient, obtain medical history, and use diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical and medical procedures
• Schedule and maintain use of surgical site, including operating, wash-up, waiting rooms, and anesthetic and sterilizing equipment
• Monitor, document and manage patient reactions to anesthesia and surgery
• Manage fluid therapy, perform and manage invasive monitoring, and perform post-operative evaluations
• Develop an anesthetic plan based on a preanesthetic evaluation
• Attend and participate in professional staff conferences and other appropriate professional activities.

What You’ll Need:

• Must hold current certification from the NCCAA certifying body. This certification must be maintained every 2 years and recertified every 6 years. Must have and maintain current certification in BCLS and ACLS. The ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and appropriately interpret information relative to the patient’s age-specific needs is required.
• Must have a Master’s degree from an accredited program. Must be a graduate from an accredited baccalaureate degree program, to include pre-medical curriculum with course work in general and organic chemistry, advanced college math, general and advanced biology and physics.
• Two years of experience preferred.
• Excellent communication skills and knowledge of surgical procedures, specifically Orthopaedics and Pain Management..
• Basic computer knowledge; read/write English; Spanish a plus.
• Other duties as assigned as necessary and may vary at times, as needed, by your immediate supervisor or as directed by the company.
• Requires extensive mobility (walking and standing) while performing duties. Periodic pushing, pulling, and lifting of patients and/or equipment. May have exposure to patients with communicable diseases. May have exposure to hazardous equipment or agents.