Certified Surgical Technologist II, Westside Hospital (Temp, Days, 36hrs)

Responsibilities

• Participates with the Health Care Team in delivering quality health care to patients.
• Creates a high-performance culture based on a joint decision making process.
• Supports the patient and Health Care team to promote population-based care, continuity of care, customer satisfaction, and self-care.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills with a caring, courteous, flexible, supportive, respectful, open-minded, appreciative attitude.
• Performs in the scrub role during surgical procedures and coordinates other activities with other OR professionals.

Assessment

• Communicates information to maintain continuity of care.
• Communicates professionally and courteously with patients, families, and other staff members.
• Obtains and demonstrates the skills and knowledge needed to provide appropriate population-based and culturally sensitive care.
• Participates in accurate pre-operative briefing and time out.
• Provides continuous reassessment throughout the intraoperative period.

Planning

• Utilizes knowledge of the type of procedure to plan for appropriate setup.
• Obtains and demonstrates the skills and knowledge needed to provide age-appropriate care.

Implementation

• Initiates appropriate measures based on protocol for the management of the intraoperative patient.
• Applies principles of aseptic technique.
• Evaluates sterile packs and supplies.
• Provides a well-organized sterile area.
• Aware of procedures progression and anticipates the needs of the team, observing sterile technique at all times.
• Performs all necessary procedures correctly to ensure patient safety intraoperatively.
• Applies and assists with the principles of correct body alignment in positioning and transferring patients.
• Examines unused equipment and instruments for gross contamination and transports covered used instruments to utility room.
• Responsible for sterile core activities, able to prioritize duties: completion of picking case carts, restocking, reordering supplies as needed, assisting with O.R. room needs as necessary.
• Assists with appropriate measures in emergency situations.
• Works in conjunction with Circulator in preparation for the next scheduled case.
• Initiates and facilitates room turnovers: light housekeeping duties, procurement of equipment, supplies, and X-Rays.
• Restocks unused supplies and equipment.
• Participates in the reprocessing process.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Surgical Technology.
• Basic Life Support required at hire.
• Surgical Technologist Certificate required at hire.
• Knowledge of sterile core area.
• Knowledge of sterile technique; operating room procedures and equipment; dexterity with hands; effective relationships with people; ability to exercise good judgment and discipline.
• Able to follow instruction.
• Two (2) to five (5) years of scrubbing experience in all surgical procedures in inpatient or ambulatory O.R. setting.
• Ability to rotate through sterile core area.
• Clean and reprocess instruments, stock supplies, and pick case carts.