Anesthesia Assistant, Operating Room - BC Children’s Hospital

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Temporary/Full-Time Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners
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Location
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Posted
March 23, 2026

Job Description

Anesthesia Assistant, Operating Room

BC Children’s Hospital

Vancouver, BC


What you’ll do

  • Set up, test, calibrate, operate and monitor equipment for regular use including anesthetic machines, breathing circuits, ventilators, scavenging devices, intubation equipment, fiberoptic bronchoscopes, monitoring equipment, infusion devices and blood gas machines. Assist the anesthesiologist with the trial use and evaluation of new equipment.
  • Prepare patients for surgery and perform pre-operative assessments as requested by the anesthesiologist.
  • Insert or assist with the insertion of devices such as nasogastric tubes, esophageal stethoscopes, IV’s, intra-arterial lines, PIC lines, Swan Ganz catheters and Central Venous catheters.
  • Assist with or perform airway management, including insertion of laryngeal mask airways, intubations, difficult intubations and mask ventilation.
  • Assist in the positioning of patients under the...

    • Job Details

    • Job Type
      Temporary/Full-Time
    • Category
      Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners
    • Date Posted
      March 23, 2026
    • Application Deadline
      May 02, 2026