SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST TEAM LEAD - THORACIC SURGERY

About the role

The Team Lead assists with surgical procedures in the Operating Room as a scrub member of the surgical team under the direction of a registered nurse and a surgeon. Essential Job Functions include collaborating with various team members to develop service line goals, delivering direct and indirect patient care, and participating in performance improvement activities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with Surgeon, Clinical Specialty Coordinator, Supervisor, and Director to develop service line goals including: doc preference cards, efficiency metrics, orientation assistance, and overall service line excellence.
• Delivers direct and indirect patient care in accordance with hospital/departmental policies, procedures, protocols and/or their professional standards of care.
• Works directly with the RN to develop and implement an individualized, age-specific plan of care and evaluate its effectiveness.
• Aids the RN in reassessing the patient's condition and takes appropriate action as indicated or by unit specific policy.
• Involves the patient/family and other health care providers when appropriate.
• Completes patient care related activities within schedule time periods.
• Complies with completeness, accuracy and timeliness of documentation on O.R. Count Sheet as well as Surgical Site Identification/Verification Checklist.
• Maintains a collaborative relationship with physicians and other health care providers to achieve desired patient outcomes and assure a continuous flow of patient care.
• Communicates pertinent information for interdisciplinary patient care conferences, shift reports.
• Reports changes in the OR schedule, including the need to reassess the needs of the physicians or the OR staff, confers with the OR CNC when there is a need to alert the physician.
• Participates in the unit performance improvement activities designed to enhance the quality of patient care and customer services.
• Completes data collection process as requested.
• Recommends modifications for performance improvement.
• Demonstrates leadership abilities by utilizing the concepts inherent to the practice of the credo standards.
• Demonstrates an ability to solve problems independently and seeks assistance from immediate supervisor when appropriate.
• Maintains accountability for actions taken.
• Effectively functions as a resource person.
• Acts as a patient advocate.
• Performs effectively in the role of preceptor/mentor to new hires and/or students.
• Assists in maintaining/decreasing organizational/department costs.
• Assists in the department's compliance with State, JCAHO, OSHA and other regulatory agencies.
• Participates in preparation for continuous survey readiness for inspections and surveys.
• Adheres to the infection control process, including universal precautions, to reduce the risk of acquiring or transmitting infections.
• Provides for patient safety in compliance with hospital and nursing department policies.
• Utilizes two forms of patient identification before implementing any form of patient care.
• Assumes appropriate code team role during code situations, including internal and external.
• Functions as the scrub member of the surgical team.
• Obtains necessary instruments and supplies from Central Service.
• Performs duties/responsibilities as a central service technician as necessary or assigned.
• Arranges sterile setup for each specific operative procedure coordinating with surgeon preference, especially within the cardiac surgical specialty.
• Updates cardiac physician preference cards.
• Assists in moving, lifting and positioning the patient.
• Identifies patient appropriate surgical procedure and site by following policy for the surgical site ID.
• Assists the surgeon in performing the surgical procedure.
• Handles specimens appropriately.
• Performs OR counts accurately and takes appropriate action in response to incorrect counts.
• Maintains the ability to adapt to the changing needs of the surgical team.
• Assists with the cleaning and setting up of surgical cases.
• Fulfills the principles of asepsis, reporting any breaks in asepsis technique and rectifying the situation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of Surgical Technologist.
• One (1) to three (3) years’ experience as a Surgical Technologist.
• Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
• Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.

Skills

• Certified First Assistant preferred.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) approved curriculum of the American Heart Association (CPR and AED) program required.
• Act 33 with renewal.
• Act 34 with renewal.
• Act 73 FBI Clearance.
• Act 81 Compliance.

Benefits

• No benefits mentioned in the job posting.

Pay

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Schedule

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