Anesthesia Assistant in Training

"What makes the anesthesia technician training enjoyable is that you are part of a team. It gives me a lot of energy when we work together to ensure our patient goes through the surgery safely and comfortably. As an anesthesia technician, you work largely independently under the supervision of the anesthesiologist. At Radboudumc, I bring out the best in myself. There is plenty of room to learn and you immediately make the connection between theory and practice. Every patient and every day is different. That makes the work so interesting and challenging. The profession is a beautiful combination of patient care, technology, and collaboration." Student anesthesia technician Charlotte Hoftijzer.

As a student anesthesia technician, you combine working and studying. You study at the HAN and in our academic OR, you will start working as a student anesthesia technician to learn the profession. You always work under the supervision of an anesthesiologist.

As an anesthesia technician, you are responsible for all anesthesia equipment. Additionally, you are co-responsible for the anesthesia care process. You reassure the patient and monitor vital body functions during surgery, and you guide the patient to the Recovery Room. Furthermore, as an anesthesia technician at Radboudumc, you are part of the resuscitation and trauma team.

The theory and practice periods alternate throughout the school years. You keep track of your personal development in your own portfolio.

You can find everything about the training here. Curious about the practice? Watch our recruitment film!

Please note: do you want to follow the HBO-VT route via Fontys or Saxion? If so, do not respond to this vacancy, but register directly with Fontys or Saxion.

During your training, you will work in an academic OR that aims to be a leader in the Netherlands and Europe. You will be part of an enthusiastic team that enjoys benefiting from your knowledge and experience. We find it important that we learn from each other daily. Additionally, the giving of open and honest feedback on everyone's performance is being increasingly anchored in our culture. In this regard, we consider your personal input to be crucial. We accept each other's mistakes, but simultaneously help each other to constantly become better in our profession. We work hard together to be and remain a leader in the Netherlands. To this end, we form a close-knit team that interacts in a very collegial manner, both within and outside of work.

Within the Operating Rooms department of Radboudumc, you will start working as an anesthesia technician in training, under the guidance of four operational managers specifically for anesthesia, with a team of approximately 80 driven anesthesia colleagues. The training process is shaped by the 5 practical instructors.

We expect that as an anesthesia technician - after obtaining the CZO core diploma and the academic development through the specific EPAs - you will be all-round deployable, that you will commit to extra tasks within the department, and that you will eventually commit to a field of interest such as Cardiothoracic surgery, Pediatric anesthesia, or the Independent Extraction Team. Here, you will specialize in a specific field of interest and make a direct contribution to highly complex care.

Cardiothoracic surgery is the specialty that focuses on operative treatments of organs in the thorax, particularly the heart, the lungs, and the large blood vessels. The surgery is characterized by an increase in minimally invasive procedures and major operations that often require a heart-lung machine. In this field, you therefore work closely in a relatively small team, including a cardio-anesthesiologist, perfusionist, thoracic surgeon, and intensive care.

Would you like to take a look outside the OR after graduating? Then we have the unique combined position of Anesthesia Technician and Sedation Practice Specialist. In this role, you work partly in the OR complex as an anesthesia technician and partly as a Sedation Practice Specialist (SPS) outside the OR, for example, in the cardiac catheterization lab, the gastroenterology (MDL) department, or in gynecology.

It is also possible to further develop yourself in a dual role within the Center for Acute and Intensive Care when you have a nursing diploma in addition to your CZO diploma. Think, for example, of a combined position of Anesthesia Technician with ER/IC/Ambulance.

At the Operating Rooms department, you work together with surgical assistants and (recovery) nurses on the organization of high-quality, safe operative care for approximately 25,000 patients per year. You support all surgical specialties, several diagnostic specialties, and the Anesthesiology department. With 25 operating rooms, surgical day treatment, recovery rooms, the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), and the ultra-modern MITeC OR complex, we offer top-clinical care and work continuously on innovation and the improvement of patient care.

You will be part of a team of dedicated colleagues in which collaboration and personal attention are central. We pay a lot of attention to an attractive working environment, team spirit, and personal development, with activities such as the annual OR symposium, the OR training days, and the annual team outings.