Anesthesia Technician Supv
Company: Tufts Medical Center
Location: Boston
Posted on: February 21, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Profile Summary This role focuses on providing medical and
clinical support services to patients. In addition, this role
focuses on performing the following Anesthesia related duties:
Provides anesthesia for patients undergoing surgical, obstetric,
diagnostic, or therapeutic procedures while monitoring the
patient’s condition and supporting vital organ functions.
Responsibilities also include diagnosis and treatment of acute,
chronic, and/or cancer pain as well as provide resuscitation and
medical management for patients with critical illnesses and severe
injuries. A management role that supervises employees focusing on
tactical, operational activities within a specified area, with the
majority of time spent overseeing area of responsibility, planning,
prioritizing and/or directing the responsibilities of employees.
Goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of
direct and/or indirect reports. A role that supervises
para-professional employees. Responsibilities that typically
include: Setting day-to-day operational objectives for team,
problems faced may be difficult but typically are not complex, and
ensures policies, practices and procedures are understood and
followed by direct reports, customers and stakeholders. Job
Overview This position has overall responsibility of ongoing
communication, scheduling, and oversight that pertain to the flow
of patients, supplies, and equipment in a highly complicated work
environment. Provides clinical and administrative supervision to
Clinical Care Technicians. Provides the operating rooms with
required anesthesia and physiological monitoring equipment in
preparation for anesthesia in surgical, obstetric, and diagnostic
anesthesia suites. Job Description Minimum Qualifications: 1. High
school diploma or equivalent. 2. Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
3. Two (2) years of experience working as an Anesthesia Tech within
an Operating Room Environment. Duties and Responsibilities: The
duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe
the general nature of work and are not intended to be an
all-inclusive list. Other duties and responsibilities may be
assigned. 1. Performs and/or assists with procedures in the
clinical setting. 2. Assists anesthesiologist with preparation and
placement of neurophysiologic monitors. 3. Assists with induction
by connecting patient to hemodynamic monitoring. 4. Assists and
anticipates needs of anesthesiologist in invasive monitor insertion
and procedures such as arterial access, central venous access,
fiber-optic intubation and/or difficult airway situations. 5.
Prepares and sets up equipment pertinent to the anesthesia provider
and case. 6. Prepares age-appropriate anesthesia equipment,
monitors, and airway support. 7. Prepares and assembles transducer
lines and equipment necessary for invasive monitoring. 8. Sets up,
maintains, and transports specialty devices used in the diverse
clinical areas. 9. Trouble-shoots and corrects monitoring equipment
questions. 10. Responds immediately to OR room calls that require
assistance regarding supplies, IV pumps, or other items required
during the surgical procedure. 11. Inventories and stocks
anesthesia supplies consistent with departmental requirements. 12.
Maintains an inventory of properly functioning anesthesia equipment
in designated area to track repairs. 13. Stocks the operating
rooms, specialty carts, anesthesia carts, equipment rooms and
remote anesthesia areas with disposable/reusable supplies used by
anesthesia staff. 14. Performs the responsibilities for the
Anesthesia Stat Lab (ASL) according to JACHO guidelines and as
described in the Policy and Procedure Manual. 15. Responsible for
preparation and planning for next day case equipment needs. 16.
Acts as a preceptor for newly hired Anesthesia Techs and plays an
integral role in their onboarding process. 17. Oversees the restock
and maintenance of the Anesthesia Code Bags and monitors needs of
the restock room. 18. Responsible for the maintenance and
communication of all paper and electronic schedules (i.e. call, PTO
requests, and triage of ill calls). 19. Assists manager with review
of prospective candidates for hire and engages in interview process
20. Coordinates break/lunch relief, and floor assignments in an
efficient and equitable manner 21. Assists leadership team with
strategic initiatives regarding process improvement efforts, with a
focus on safety and efficiency. Physical Requirements: 1.
Prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing/walking. 2. Ability
to lift, reach, carry, push and pull 40-50 lbs or more. 3.
Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching. 4.
Frequent exposure to hazardous chemicals, sick patients, bodily
substances, noise and possible exposure to radiation, lasers,
electric shock, etc. 5. Regularly exposed to the risk of blood
borne diseases and other transmissible infections. 6. Contact with
patients under wide variety of circumstances. 7. Subject to varying
and unpredictable situations. 8. May have contact with hazardous
materials. 9. Ability to speak and hear effectively and meet
telephone and customer service standards. 10. Expression by means
of spoken words to communication oral information to customers
accurately, quickly, and loudly enough in the English language. 11.
Ability to perceive sounds such as phones ringing, beepers, alarms,
and buzzers. 12. Clarity of both near and far vision. 13. Ability
to stand/sit combination of eight (8) hours or length of
assignment. Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfer patients and
equipment 14. Ability to distinguish color, i.e. alarms and buzzers
on equipment, and color codes on instrumentation. Skills &
Abilities: 1. Read and write at a level necessary to perform all
duties in English. 2. Accurately maintain written records in
addition to basic familiarity with computers and the ability to
navigate at a basic level within web-based applications. 3.
Demonstrates a pro-active customer service orientation. 4.
Knowledge of basic anatomy and physiology of the cardiopulmonary
systems and infection control. 5. Strong interpersonal and
communication skills to work well with people of diverse
educational background within the potentially stressful operating
room environment. At Tufts Medicine, we want every individual to
feel valued for the skills and experience they bring. Our
compensation philosophy is designed to offer fair, competitive pay
that attracts, retains, and motivates highly talented individuals,
while rewarding the important work you do every day. The base pay
ranges reflect the minimum qualifications for the role. Individual
offers are determined using a comprehensive approach that considers
relevant experience, certifications, education, skills, and
internal equity to ensure compensation is fair, consistent, and
aligned with our business goals. Beyond base pay, Tufts Medicine
provides a comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports your
health, financial security, and career growth—one of the many ways
we invest in you so you can thrive both at work and outside of it.
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