Medical Instrument Technician Anesthesia

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Duties and skills needed to be successful in this position include but are not limited to:

• Independently performs daily checks in the process of monitoring equipment and anesthetic machines in the operating suite.
• Perform point of care laboratory testing including I-stat and glucometer.
• Complete required quality control tests on point of care equipment.
• Teach nurse anesthetists residents house officers and staff physicians on the correct use and maintenance of physiologic monitoring equipment. Set up and calibrate transducer monitoring equipment.
• Assist with insertion of central access lines using sterile technique.
• Preparation and stocking of all anesthesia travel carts and remote anesthesia locations.
• Assist in positioning patients for anesthesia procedures such as spinal blocks.
• Cleaning of all anesthesia equipment between cases and terminal clean at end of day.
• Work with logistics Service Chief and Administrative Officer to anticipate and find alternatives to backorder of short supply equipment. Check all disposable equipment for outdates and remove them from stock.
• Prepare primed Intravenous solutions for scheduled cases.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• English Language Proficiency: Medical Instrument Technicians must be proficient in spoken and written English. No person will be appointed under authority of 38 U.S.C. chapter 73 or 74 to serve in a direct patient-care capacity in VHA who is not proficient in written and spoken English.
• Licensure or Certification: Licensure or Certification is not required for this occupation; however it is strongly desirable at GS-6 or above as evidence of possession of the essential knowledge skills and abilities.

• Knowledge of the correct use of invasive patient monitoring equipment specific to anesthesiology.
• Knowledge of basic electrocardiography (EKG).
• Skill and ability to troubleshoot equipment often while the patient is anesthetized.
• Skill and ability to maintain sterility during procedures.
• Knowledge and understanding of arterial pressure line wave forms including the ability to recognize and distinguish normal from abnormal artifact from abnormality and forewarn the physician or anesthetist of an impending life-threatening situation.
• Knowledge of anesthesiology supplies medications and equipment appropriate to more difficult anesthetic procedures such as those found in inpatient settings with more acutely ill patients.