Surgical Technician II (Part Time)

About the role

At MemorialCare Health System, we believe in providing extraordinary healthcare to our communities and an exceptional working environment for our employees. Memorial Care stands for excellence in Healthcare. Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration, and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation, and teamwork.

This position requires the full understanding and active participation in fulfilling the mission of Saddleback Medical Center. It is expected that the employee demonstrate behavior consistent with our core values: Integrity, Accountability, Best Practices, Compassion and Synergy. The employee shall support Saddleback Medical Center’s strategic plan and participate in and advocate performance improvement/patient safety activities. The Surgical Technician II PD is responsible for providing surgical assistance in a safe, appropriate and effective manner under the direction of a Registered Nurse/MD, in compliance with the Surgical Technician II standards of practice. It is not within the scope of practice of the Surgical Technician II to perform beyond their stated scope of practice (e.g. assessment, evaluation of patient data, administration of medications), even when requested by a Surgeon.

Responsibilities

• Provision of availability/maintenance of instruments
• Adherence to aseptic technique
• Advanced knowledge of surgical procedures
• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology
• Support to patient flow within department
• Provide support and communicate directly with surgical team and supervisory staff
• Use effective oral communication and participate in aspects of documentation
• Collaborate with other professional disciplines to ensure safe and effective patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes
• Demonstrate the ability to safely and competently perform all aspects of surgical techniques/procedures
• Demonstrate knowledge of the clinical information system and apply principles to patient documentation
• Serve as a role model and assist new staff members or students
• Serve as a preceptor for new employees/students in the scrub role
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of patient privacy rights
• Maintain confidentiality of all medical, financial and other sensitive material in printed, electronic or verbal form
• Use good customer service skills by managing and acknowledging patient-family-significant other expectations
• Demonstrate tact, sensitivity and discretion
• Integrate knowledge of job specific competencies
• Be at work and be on time
• Follow company policies, procedures and directives
• Interact in a positive and constructive manner
• Fulfill the on-call requirement of the department
• Priorit