Anesthesia Assistant

Cooper University Health Care is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving residents and visitors throughout Cape May County. The system includes Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional, three urgent care facilities; Cape Regional Physicians Associates with primary care and specialty care providers delivering services in multiple locations throughout Cape May County; The Cancer Center at Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional, the Claire C. Brodesser Surgery Center; AMI at Cooper, Miracles Fitness and numerous freestanding outpatient facilities providing wound care, lab, and physical therapy services. We have a commitment to our employees by providing competitive rates and compensation programs.  Cooper offers full and part time employees a comprehensive employee benefits program, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, on-site Early Education Center (employee discount), attractive working conditions, and the chance to build and explore a career opportunity by offering professional development.

Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional is accredited by and received the Gold Seal of approval from The Joint Commission.

Carries out procedures for department functions, including, but not limited to:

• Complies with organizational and departmental policies, procedures, standards and regulatory guidelines.
• Creates a culture of performance improvement that contributes to providing safe, timely, effective, efficient equitable patient centered care.
• Prepares anesthesia stations in each Operating Room.
• Maintains necessary supplies for Anesthesia Department: Requisitions stock supplies from Distribution Department. Orders anesthesia-specific items via Purchasing Department
• Maintain and clean anesthesia machines.  Assist anesthesia provider with changing suctions, tubing, set-up IV’s, etc., between cases.
• Enters daily direct patient anesthesia charges with electronic medical record and medication dispensing system.
• Communicates add-on cases to anesthesiologist in charge in a timely manner. 
• Demonstrates commitment to a Culture of Patient Safety and High Reliability through use of and promotion of high reliability principles and the NJ STRONG patient safety behaviors.
• Performs other duties as required and assigned.

• Formal patient care technician or nursing assistant training desired.

• High School Diploma or Equivalent required. 

• American Heart Association BLS

• Monday- Friday 7A-3:30P or 8A-4:30P or 9A-5:30P