Certified OR Tech / Surgical Tech (CST)

OR Technician

Pay Rate: 20.82 - 31.24 Hourly

Work Type: Full Time

Shift: Days

Facility: Lomas Campus

Sign On Bonus: Yes

Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors including but not limited to experience education and other business and organizational considerations.

Position Summary:

Assist in the nursing care and preparation of surgical patients. Function as a member of the sterile team in donning gown and gloves creating and maintaining a sterile field and issuing instruments to surgeons. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include Neonate Pediatric Adolescent Adult and Geriatric age groups.

Detailed Responsibilities:

• Work with staff team to gather necessary supplies equipment and instruments
• Set up tables instruments and supplies required for specific operations
• Assist in preparing and draping of patient and operating area prepare and maintain sterile field for surgical procedures
• Maintain and assist with computerized data and charting probing and digital x-rays maintain dental laboratory slips and check in lab cases
• Assist in maintenance and care of specimens prepare specimens for laboratory analysis
• Decontaminate all equipment instruments and supplies
• Assist with table equipment patient positioning and application of plaster casts and dressings
• Document all patient care activities
• Perform restocking duties as necessary
• Function as a service coordinator with RN for special procedure preparations
• Maintain suture levels and assist in high level surgical procedures including vascular/aneurysm surgical procedures
• Respond immediately to surgical supply requests from the Operating Room must react with a sense of urgency be courteous and service oriented at all times
• Pick supplies instrumentation and other required items for the completion of Operating Room cases arrange supplies in the case carts according to procedure ensuring accuracy and proper documentation deliver completed case carts to the appropriate locations as determined by the Surgical Services Department
• Communicate and find instrumentation requiring rapid turnaround for the next case understand event related sterility and sterility indicators check for discrepancies and take corrective action before making delivery of location
• Report instrument malfunction and place instruments in the appropriate location for repair
• Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs reading current literature attending in-services meetings and workshops
• Receive used case carts and deliver to the decontamination room
• Follow patient safety-related policies procedures and protocols
• Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• Report potential or actual patient safety concerns medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"

Qualifications:

Education:

• Essential: High School or GED Equivalent
• Nonessential: Program Graduate

Education specialization: Nonessential: Surgical Technician

Experience:

• Essential: 2 years directly related surgical experience

Credentials:

• Essential: CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days

Physical Conditions: Heavy Work: Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects or people. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.

Working conditions:

• Essential: Sig Hazard: Chemicals Bio Hazardous Materials req PPE
• May be required or is required to perform on-call duties
• Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required