What are the responsibilities and job description for the Surgical Technologist II - Wilmington Campus position at ChristianaCare?
PRIMARY FUNCTION :
To assist the surgical team, under the direction of a professional nurse, implementing skilled nursing care for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients undergoing surgical procedures.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Performs assigned procedures for comfort and well-being for pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients,
- demonstrating a concern for safety.
- Assists in updating physician reference sheets.
- Participate in the nursing care plans, functioning as an effective team member.
- Demonstrates ability to scrub on all procedures, minor to major.
- Communicates effectively to patients, families, employees, and physicians, utilizing both written and verbal
- communication skills.
- Responds appropriately to crisis situations as outlined in unit specific standards, initiates interventions within scope of responsibility; notifies RN.
- Maintains required credentials of BCLS and mandatory inservice patients.
- Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary to provide care appropriate to neonatal, pediatric, adolescent,
- adult and geriatric patients, including knowledge of growth and development, the ability to obtain and interpret
- information to identify patient needs, and provide the care needed.
- Performs assigned work safely, adhering to established departmental safety rules and practices.
- Reports to supervisor, in a timely manner, any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards, or safety violations that
- may cause injury to oneself, other employees, patients and visitors.
- Performs other related duties as required.
- Full time, day / evening shift, Range from 730am-11pm,
- Shift could be 7 : 30am-4 : 00pm or 2 : 30pm-11 : 00pm
- Rotating Holidays and Weekends
- on-call obligation
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Graduate of an accredited, approved surgical technologist program with clincal hours completed for any employee hired after 2009
- BLS Certification
- BCLS certification.
- Certification by an approved certification body i.e. the Association of Surgical Technologists (AST) and / or the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) (CST) and 1 Year OR Experience
SCHEDULE :
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS :
SPECIAL or PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS :
If you have an questions about this job role please reach out to Lenny Merrick at Lynell.J.Merrick@ChristianaCare.org
