OR Scrub Technician, 36 hours - Flagstaff, AZ

Responsibilities

• Prioritizes and addresses technical needs to meet patient conditions.
• Assists the health care team during surgical procedures by integrating an understanding for anatomy and physiology with the surgical procedure.
• Prioritizes and addresses technical needs to meet patient conditions.
• Provides safe patient care for the intra-operative phase, including specimen handling and medication labeling and handling.
• Prepares appropriate instruments, sutures, supplies, and equipment for specific procedures and be able to anticipate the sequence of events and needs of the surgeon and patient.
• Maintains, monitors, and restocks equipment and supplies as assigned or as necessary.
• Opens surgical equipment for each case appropriately and anticipates the physician’s needs during each procedure.
• Accurately processes and communicates provider preferences to RN.
• Facilitates efficient room turnovers as a scrub technician as evidenced by appropriate instruments, supplies and equipment and assisting the team as needed.
• Assists with updating the physician preference cards as appropriate.
• Participates in training and education of new employees and other staff in regard to aseptic techniques and processes.
• Adheres to regulatory and organizational standards affecting patient care and safety as well as all Hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• P practices in a safe and cost effective manner.
• Stays current and complies with state and federal regulations/statutes and company policies that impact the employees area of responsibility.
• If required for position, ensures all certifications and/or licenses are up-to-date and valid prior to expiration dates.
• Completes all company mandatory modules and required job specific training in the specified time frame.
• Maintains timely and accurate documentation of assessments, interventions, EMR entries, and patient responses.
• Responsible for reporting any safety related incident in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool; attends all safety related training programs; performs work in a safe manner; monitors work environment for possible safety issues and ensures others are also performing work in a safe manner.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED- Required
• Completion of OR Technician education- Preferred
• OR Scrub Tech UncertifiedBLS - Required upon hire
• OR Scrub Tech CertifiedBLS - Required upon hire
• Certified Surgical Technologist (CST), or Tech in Surgery Certified (TS-C), or NCCT - Required
• Employee will obtain and maintain appropriate clinical competencies for the roles assigned by their departmental leader.
• 1 year of OR Tech Experience or Completion Tech training Program - Required