Job Summary:

Job Description:

Position: Anesthesia Technician

Location: Alfond Center for Health, Augusta
Schedule: Full-time (40 hours/week)

Shift:  Days (8a-5p); Monday-Friday

The Role:

The Anesthesia Technician plays an essential role in supporting anesthesia personnel before, during, and after procedures. This position prepares and maintains anesthesia equipment and supplies, assists with patient care and procedures, troubleshoots equipment, and maintains a clean, organized, and safe environment.

What You’ll Do
As an Anesthesia Technician, you’ll work closely with our licensed anesthesia providers to ensure patient safety and support. Your responsibilities will include:

• Equipment Management: Cleaning and setting up all types of anesthesia equipment.
• Patient Support: Assisting with patient assessment, monitoring, transport, positioning, IV insertion, invasive lines, and airway management.
• Maintenance and Troubleshooting: Providing daily equipment maintenance and addressing malfunctions.
• Room Turnover: Facilitating efficient and safe room transitions.

What You Bring

• High School diploma or GED preferred
• Previous clinical or healthcare experience preferred; 1 year or more of clinical experience is preferred
• Active status on the State of Maine CNA Registry preferred
• Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider certification is required within 6 months of hire
• Knowledge of sterile technique and infection prevention practices
• Basic analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to calibrate and troubleshoot equipment
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to work effectively as part of a fast-paced, collaborative perioperative team
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to safely perform the physical requirements of the position, including standing for extended periods, moving equipment, and assisting with patient transport and positioning

Why MaineGeneral Health?

• Full-time, Monday-Friday schedule
• No nights, weekends, or holidays
• Generous earned time program
• Comprehensive benefits - health, dental, vision, and wellness programs
• Continuing education opportunities and tuition reimbursement
• Collaborative perioperative and anesthesia team
• Commitment to employee safety, wellness, and work/life balance

Compensation Information:

The hourly pay range shown represents the base pay range for this position. Individual pay is determined based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, and market considerations. In addition to base pay, eligible team members may earn additional compensation through shift, weekend, holiday, on-call, and other applicable differentials. We are proud to offer a competitive total rewards package designed to recognize our caregivers and support them in delivering exceptional care to the communities we serve.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Job Exempt:

Benefits:

Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.

Physical Wellness:

• We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.

• Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.

• A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.

Emotional Wellness:

When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.

Financial Wellness:

• Access the wages you’ve already earned before payday with Payactiv, giving you greater flexibility over your finances.

• Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.

• We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.

• Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.

• We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.

Career Mobility:

Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability  Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .