Anesthetist for Angkor Hospital for Children

Primary Responsibilities:

• Be on duty from 0700 – 1700. If on call he/she works from 7am until the next morning.
• Be responsible for the anesthetic equipment and drug preparation.
• Be responsible and in charge of the anesthetic administered.
• Request assistance as needed.
• Be responsible for patient transport, the anesthesia record, and reporting to the recovery room, ICU, IPD, Neo, anesthetist, patient/family education including explaining the procedure and make sure consent form (anesthetist and surgeon) has completed before procedure.
• Clean the used equipment from the day’s procedures and re-supply the operating theatre anesthesia tables.
• Participate in general medical staff meeting monthly regularly.
• Check pre-op checking lists all patient and discuss with surgeons if there’s any case has a problem or difficult case before starting anesthetize.
• Learning from college and volunteers

Acting as Secondary Anesthetist:

• Act as an assistant to the primary anesthetist.
• Gather the reusable equipment from the sterilization room.
• Setup and start the preoperative video education program (TV).
• Interview patients and record preoperative information from the scheduled patients.
• Assist the primary anesthetist with anesthesia inductions.
• Be on-call as needed by the primary anesthetist.
• Be available to relieve the primary anesthetist for needed breaks.

Be on call in the Emergency room for:

• ketamine use and sedation for procedures and dressing changes as needed,
• Assistance with airway needs.
• Complete post-anesthesia visits in the IPD, ACU and the LAU.
• Be on rotation anesthetist in OT, Minor, Eye and dental clinic as assigned by unit manager.
• Accompany patient to do CT scan as assign by unit manager.
• Order and stock supplies.
• Change oxygen tanks as needed.

Acting as Third Anesthetist Responsibilities:

• Be on duty from 0700 until the last patient is discharged from the recovery room.
• Maintain the recovery room cleanliness and stock supplies.
• Receive full patient reports from the primary anesthetist.
• Manage pain in post-op patients.
• Ensure discharge criteria are met before sending patients to the ER, ICU, Neo or IPD.

Educational Responsibilities:

• Keep track of interesting and difficult anesthetic procedures by:
• maintaining a log of difficult and interesting anesthetic procedures,
• Presenting interesting case reviews to colleagues on a regular basis.
• Participate in the Trained Nurse Anesthetist affiliation program.
• See Program Description available from Surgical Department
• Participate in learning and teaching/microteaching
• Assist teaching in the unit
• Record all teaching in the unit
• Provide teaching as request by Education department