PCA Periop

Overview

St. Joseph Health – Bryan/College Station Navasota Caldwell Madisonville TX. Since 1936 St. Joseph Health has been caring for the communities in and surrounding the Brazos Valley. We have a Level III Trauma Center the first Joint Commission certified Primary Stroke Center and the first accredited Chest Pain Center in the Brazos Valley. St. Joseph Health is a leader in critical care and the largest provider of cardiovascular care in the region. As an integrated healthcare system St. Joseph Health includes a comprehensive network of over 100 employed providers including primary care physicians specialists and advanced practice clinicians. The network includes more than 30 ambulatory clinics featuring primary care Express Clinics and imaging and diagnostic services.

Responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY / PURPOSE

A supportive role within the operating room areas. Responsible for opening sterile supplies, assisting with

patient positioning, coordinating and assisting with the set up and cleanup of the operating rooms as well as

assisting team members in the delivery of patients to and from the operating room, Intensive Care Units,

PACU, and other areas.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

• Reviews the OR schedule daily, tracking and monitoring the necessary pick-up and delivery of patients to and
  
  
  

from the operating rooms as needed to ensure timely surgical starts

• Opens and Assists the team with
  
  
  

supplies, instrument sets, suture selection and meeting benchmark turnovers

• Assists the surgical suite in
  
  
  

patient positioning, surgical preps, clipping and aids in the retrieving of x-rays, equipment set up and tracking

and removing instruments to and from the operating room suites

• Rounds within their assigned surgical
  
  
  

rooms to ensure that all turnovers are met and Supports the necessary patient movement and flow

• Assists
  
  
  

Registered Nurses, Surgical Scrubs and the Surgeons while preventing the disruption of the surgical case by

retrieving supplies, relaying messages and managing the ancillary support of the surgical team

• Anticipates
  
  
  

the needs of the surgical team members and Provides the necessary support and knowledge of surgical

supplies, instruments and sutures

• Sets up and tears down laparoscopic equipment, ensuring that printers,
  
  
  

cameras and tubing is properly processed and arranged

• Ensures that used surgical instruments are
  
  
  

cleaned, replaced and properly returned to the decontamination department within SPD

• Assists in the pre-operative patient preparation once the patient has arrived in the operating room/includes placing grounding
  
  
  

pad on patient and ensuring that the device is properly connected

• Obtains the necessary skin preparation
  
  
  

solutions and Prepares the prep stand as needed

Qualifications

Required Licensure and Certifications

• High School Diploma/GED *CPR certified*Based on location
  
  
  

assignment may also require BLS/ACLS/ and or PALS

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Ability to understand and develop processes that assist and aid the
  
  
  

surgical team *Good knowledge of operating room

etiquette/processes/medical terminology *Demonstrate

competency in the opening and storing of sterile surgical

supplies/sterile field

PREFERRED Qualifications

• One (1) year of experience
  
  
  

Pay Range

$12.33 - $16.95 /hour