What are the responsibilities and job description for the OR Surgical Tech PRN position at Aiken Regional Medical Centers?
Job Description
Responsibilities
OR Surgical Tech PRN
Aiken Regional Medical Centers, located in Aiken, South Carolina, is a 273-bed acute care facility providing quality healthcare to the residents of Aiken and surrounding communities. Aiken Regional Medical Centers has been ranked a top hospital in South Carolina by the Carolina Center for Medical Excellence for its treatment of heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia. Services provided at the hospital include emergency medical care, orthopedic surgeries, maternity, and behavioral health services.
OR Surgical Tech provides patient care by scrubbing surgical cases. Assists with the providers supplies and equipment and performs a variety of non-nursing functions.
Duties :
- Actively participates in Universal Protocol and 'Time-Out'
- Adheres to principles of asepsis.
- Maintains a sterile field.
- Provides appropriate and properly functioning equipment and supplies.
- Prioritizes room set-up.
- Counts on all surgical procedures in accordance with policy.
- Adheres to surgical dress code.
- Ensures compliance with sterilization processes.
- Demonstrates care and handling of instruments / equipment according to manufacturers recommendations and departmental policies.
- Demonstrates care, handling, cleaning, and processing of endoscopes.
- Performs surgical scrub in accordance of policy and recommended standards.
- Demonstrates knowledge endoscopic procedures, pacemakers implantaion, ortho, urology, GYN, ophthalmology, ENT, plastic, Gen / Surg, and vascualar procedures.
- Demonstrates competency in operating transport equipment (stretchers, beds, oxygen takes, etc.).
- Adheres to laser safety measures.
- Adheres to standard precautions.
- Identifies, transfers and labels all solutions / medications on the surgical field, but does not administer medications
- Follows, updates surgeon preference card.
- Maintains cerfification and / or education as mandated by South Carolina law.
- Completes all Hospital and department assigned education as assigned.
- Prepares and cuts suture material.
- Holds retractors as directed by Surgeon.
- Sponging or suctioning operative site.
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