Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant (CAA)/ Anesthesia Assistant (AA)- Arnold Palmer, Children's Anesthesia - Orlando Health

Department: APH Childrens Anesthesia

Status: Full-Time

Title: Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant (CAA), Anesthesia Assistant (AA)

ORLANDO HEALTH ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN
Located on the downtown Orlando Health campus, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has been providing compassionate care to the children, teenagers and young adults of Central Florida for more than 30 years. With 156 licensed beds and a team of experts in more than 30 pediatric specialties, the hospital has earned a “Best Children’s Hospitals” recognition by U.S. News & World Report for 14 consecutive years and has been named a Top Children’s Hospital by the patient-advocacy Leapfrog Group. Orlando Health Arnold Palmer has held Magnet® Recognition for nursing excellence and quality patient care since 2013 and several units have earned Beacon Awards for Excellence for employing evidence-based practices to improve patient outcomes and patient and staff satisfaction. Our pediatric Level I Trauma Center and ER is the only Central Florida facility to provide the highest level of emergency trauma care exclusively to children, and Orlando Health Arnold Palmer is the only facility in Florida to achieve Level I Children’s Surgical Verification and Level I Trauma Verification by the American College of Surgeons.

Orlando Health Arnold Palmer is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida’s east to west coasts and beyond. Collectively, our 27,000+ team members honor our over 100-year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve.

Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career-growing FREE education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin your benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible, so that you can be present for your passions.

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A Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant (CAA), sometimes referred to as an Anesthesia Assistant, is a specially Anesthesia Assistant (AA)
is a specially trained, health professional who participates in the care of the stable surgical patient during general, regional, or
conscious sedation anesthesia through medical directives under the supervision of the anesthesiologist in which there is a signed
protocol.

Essential Functions
• Obtain a comprehensive patient history and present the history to the supervising Medically directing anesthesiologist.
• Pretest and calibrate anesthesia delivery systems and monitor, obtain, and interpret information from the systems and monitors.
• Assist the supervising/Medically directing anesthesiologist with the implementation of medically accepted monitoring techniques.
• Establish basic and advanced airway interventions, including intubation of the trachea and performing ventilatory support.
• Administer intermittent vasoactive drugs and start and adjust vasoactive infusions.
• Administer anesthetic drugs, adjuvant drugs, and accessory drugs
• Assist the supervising/Medically directing anesthesiologist with the performance of epidural anesthetic procedures and spinal anesthetic procedure and assist in peripheral nerve blocks and catheters .
• Administer legend drugs or controlled substances; intravenous drugs, fluids, or blood products; or inhalation or other anesthetic agents to patients which are ordered by the supervising anesthesiologist and administered while under the direct supervision of the supervising anesthesiologist.
• Support life functions during anesthesia health care, including induction and intubation procedures, the use of appropriate mechanical supportive devices, and the management of fluid, electrolyte, and blood component balances.
• Recognize and take appropriate corrective action for abnormal patient responses to anesthesia, adjunctive medication, or other forms of therapy.
• Participate in management of the patient while in the post anesthesia recovery area, including the administration of any supporting fluids or drugs.
• Assist the anesthesiologist in placing special peripheral and central venous and arterial lines for blood sampling and monitoring as appropriate.
• Maintains legible, accurate and complete medical records for each anesthetic administered.
• Assist in evaluating and managing pain catheters and following up on perioperative pain patients
• Assist in evaluating and managing perioperative and post operative patients

• Transfers responsibility for care of the patient to other qualified providers post operatively.
• Ensures continuity of care and patient safety.
• Adheres to patient and personnel safety procedures (infection control, fire, safety electrical and chemical hazards).
• Demonstrates proficiency with maintenance of equipment and cleans work areas. Reports necessary equipment repairs and adjustments via proper channels.
• Participates in interdisciplinary teams to enhanced patient safety and quality delivery of anesthesia care.
• Participates in the quality assessment processes developed by Orlando Health and the Anesthesia Department of APMC.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures

Education/Training
Graduate of accredited Anesthesiologist Assistant Program

Licensure/Certification
• Current license as an Anesthesiologist Assistant in the State of Florida
• Current certification by the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants (NCCAA)
• Maintains BLS along with PALS or ACLS certification depending on area of employment.

Experience
None.