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**City/State:** Saint Louis, Missouri

**Categories:** Clinical Services and Support

**Job Status:** Full-Time

**Req ID** : 99431

**Pay Range:** $69,326.40 – $112,860.80 / year (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

Additional Information About the Role

Do you have Anesthesia support experience and looking to manage a team? This is a great opportunity to build leadership experience and work with a dynamic team at Barnes.

Overview

**_Barnes-Jewish Hospital_** at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

At Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Perioperative Services team members (anesthesiology technologists) find the kind of fast-paced environment that will test their professional judgment and critical thinking skills, and encourage tremendous growth. It's an exhilarating place to build a nursing career. Here, you'll work with world-renowned surgeons and anesthesiologists assist on unique and complex procedures, work with the latest technologies and treatments and play a vital role in developing new procedures and treatment protocols. In fact, people from all over the nation and the world come to Barnes-Jewish for our surgical specialties.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Responsible for the planning, direction, and coordination of all aspects of the workforce and technical services across a high-acuity hospital. The role oversees a team across all shifts (24/7), supporting multiple operating rooms plus all “remote” procedural areas where anesthesia services are requested. The manager ensures safe, timely, high-quality, cost-effective technical support, equipment readiness, regulatory compliance, staff competency, recruitment/retention, and excellent interdepartmental and interdisciplinary coordination.

Responsibilities

+ Ensures that anesthesia equipment, monitoring devices, supplies, carts, and specialty tools are properly maintained, calibrated, quality controlled, clean (or sterile/HLD as appropriate), and positioned for use in all settings (OR and remote/procedural areas). Coordinates preventative maintenance and repairs with Clinical Engineering and ensures redundancy/backups to minimize downtime and procedural delays.

+ Develops, implements, and monitors policies, standard operating procedures/standard work, safety protocols, and regulatory compliance (e.g. infection control, equipment safety, accreditation) for anesthesia technical services. Oversees technician onboarding, competency verification, ongoing education, and performance assessment programs to ensure all staff meet needed skills, particularly in high-acuity, specialty, and remote procedural environments.

+ Designs staffing models that meet anesthesia technical needs 24/7 across ORs and remote areas, considering case volume, acuity, specialty services (trauma, transplant, cardiac, etc.). This position leads the recruitment efforts, works to retain staff via career development, recognition, and workload balance to maintain a stable, engaged workforce.

+ Defines and tracks key performance indicators (KPI’s) such as equipment uptime, response times, case-delay rates, supply costs, staff utilization, turnover etc. Uses data to identify inefficiencies or safety risks, leads improvement initiatives, root cause analyses, and implements corrective actions to improve quality, safety, anesthesia provider support and cost outcomes.

+ Serves as liaison among anesthesia providers (MDs, CRNAs), OR leadership, procedural service leaders (endoscopy, Radiology, catheterization lab, etc.), CE, equipment support, supply chain, sterile processing, facilities, and hospital leadership. Ensures clear communication of policies, protocol changes, staffing or equipment impacts, and collaborates to resolve cross-departmental issues that affect anesthesia technical service delivery.

+ Manages individual(s) including but not limited to: onboarding and hiring, training, workload management & performance evaluations, conducting professional development plans as needed. Ensures that the productivity and actions of that group meet/support the overall operational goals of the department as established by department leadership.

+ Develops and adheres to departmental staffing, revenue and/or expense budgets. Responds to changes in the business which may affect the ability to achieve the budget goals.

+ BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

Minimum Requirements

Education

+ Associate's Degree - Nursing/Allied Health/related

Experience

+ <2 years

Supervisor Experience

+ < 2 years

Preferred Requirements

Education

+ Bachelor's Degree - Nursing/Allied Health/related

Experience

+ 2-5 years

Supervisor Experience

+ 2-5 years

Licenses & Certifications

+ RN

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

+ Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

+ Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution

+ 401(k) plan with BJC match

+ Tuition Assistance available on first day

+ BJC Institute for Learning and Development

+ Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

+ Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time

+ Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our** **Benefits Summary** **.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer