Anesthesia Team Lead

Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Anesthesia Team Lead to join the team. This role will be full-time variable shift 36 hours per week with weekends. 

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.

• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.

• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.

• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

Job Responsibilities 

 

• Successfully completes at least 16 non-mandatory continuing education units and provides documented evidence to the department for the evaluation year and successfully completes all of the departmental, hospital and system competencies required for job category with the designated time frame. Organizes two educational staff meetings per year. Supports the advancement of the anesthesia tech profession by leading at least two system, hospital, department, or professional initiatives (policies/procedures, research, formal in-service training, skills lab, competencies, etc.) during the evaluation year.
• Demonstrates competency and adherence to department education and training, standard works, and ASATT scope of practice.
• Consistently demonstrates knowledge, understanding and operational familiarity in relation to equipment used in patient care. Ensures equipment and supplies are maintained to provide all department leadership services.
• Ensures specialty charge checklist is updated as needed and completed daily.
• Attends weekly Anesthesia Tech leadership meetings. Provides input to the Anesthesia Tech Leadership Team concerning the coordinating/administering of probationary/discipline reviews within department.
• Ensures weekend, evening, and nightshift staff execute and are educated to specialty processes and equipment.
• Recognizes and ensures regulatory compliance is maintained through knowledge of policies, documentation records, and guidelines.
• Routinely adapts staffing and resource allocation to maximize care and minimize problems/complications.
• Responsible for orientation and training of staff specific to specialty area.
• Serves as a mentor and teacher of clinical staff. Takes ownership for skills of clinical staff. Develops and advances clinical skills of staff working in specialty area.
• Consistently communicates with healthcare members on the plan of care, and does so in a manner consistent with the Inova standards.
• Consistently performs and maintains specialty area audits. Responsible for inventory and daily checks of emergency carts and specialty carts. Executes and documents monthly expired product checks.
• Transports medications from pharmacy or authorized location (e.g. pneumatic tube system) to licensed healthcare professional.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Additional Requirements 

Education - High School or GED 

Experience - 2 Plus years in anesthesiology to include leadership or providing direction to other team members. 

Certification - BLS from AHA Upon Start

Work Schedule - 36 Hours per week variable shifts with weekends  

 

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 25,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare. 

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.