What are the responsibilities and job description for the Surgical Technologist position at Northwest Weight & Wellness Center?
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Seeking Part-Time/Per Diem Surgical Technologist to work approximately 20 hours per week, Tuesday - Thursday, schedule varies.
Wage DOE: based on 30-year pay scale
Job Summary
This position is responsible for direct patient care within the OR working under the RN/Circ to provide surgical support of patients with a primary focus on laparoscopic bariatric surgery, general surgery, upper endoscopy procedures, and plastic surgery in accordance with established policies, procedures, and standards of care and practice.
Job Responsibilities
- Promote the mission, vision and values of SSSC.
- Demonstrates specific skills required for functioning in the surgical environment as well as functions of a Sterilization Technician (ST), providing basic peri-operative support as necessary and within scope of practice under the supervision of a licensed health practitioner.
- Complete necessary training to support best practice of Infection Control.
- Restock supplies, communicate supply needs effectively, and participate in the maintenance of surgical inventory.
- Provide support to materials management by cross-training to basic supply ordering.
- Assist in cleaning and setting up/moving/testing/troubleshooting medical equipment per policy and procedure guidelines.
- Proficient in setting up the operating room prior to surgery.
- Exercise knowledge and experience in a wide array of surgical procedures.
- Passes instruments to the Surgeon during surgery in a safe and effective manner.
- Engage in materials management evaluations when requested.
- Assist in the cleaning and preparation of patient care areas.
- Assist patients in routine ambulation, Intra-op and post op positioning when requested, assist in transfer to/from patient care areas/OR Suite, and discharge area as necessary.
- Ability to maintain aseptic standards and sterile field when appropriate as defined by policies and procedures.
- Ability to assist an RN or Surgeon in basic procedures within scope of practice.
- Excels in prioritization and execution of patient care with RN oversight as appropriate for scope of practice.
- Participates in efficient operative room turnover between surgery cases.
- Ability/motivation to grow and refine current and future skills relative to current and future patient populations.
- Monitoring patients’ vital signs when necessary under RN oversight.
- Provide support for minor medical procedures as appropriate for scope of practice.
- Ability to function with excellence in a fast paced environment while multi-tasking
- Demonstrate engagement in the organization’s commitment to patient wellness.
- Must have strong communication skills in order to contribute to a positive team culture.
- Must be able to arrive for scheduled shift in a punctual and reliable manner.
- Flexible availability (within reason) for cases that have unforeseeable change in case length, urgent case additions.
- Strong skills in utilizing an Electronic Medical Record system in addition to the limited paper charting when necessary.
- Support patient flow through the preoperative and postoperative phases of surgery when necessary.
- Serves as patient advocate appropriately and compassionately communicating with patients and their support persons as appropriate.
- Develops and maintains effective interpersonal relationships with patients, families, co-workers and medical staff in the effective delivery of patient care.
- Develops and maintains effective working relations with co-workers in other areas of the facility to ensure on-going quality of care and customer service.
- Maintains confidentiality of records, patient, employee or facility information at all times.
- Ensures all information and conversations regarding patients are secured from general public access.
- Participates in meetings, committees and task forces within the organization in order to participate in system improvements, communications and operations.
- Adheres to the general administrative, human resource and departmental policies and procedures and upholds the standards of professional CST practice.
- Attends all mandatory unit and organization meetings and in-services.
- Participates in department performance improvement activities to ensure the development and implementation of processes which support quality patient care and effective work performance.
- Accepts responsibility for maintaining and improving professional competence including maintaining personal educational profile, demonstrating motivation for enhancing and improving professional competency through additional training, seminars and in-services.
- Attends, completes and maintains documentation of all mandatory education programs including but not limited to Basic Life Support and other certifications required.
- Perform other duties as deemed necessary or assigned by leadership or a designee.
Performance Standards
- Accountability – Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions or work performed. Willing to accept constructive criticism. Adheres to the general administrative, human resource and departmental policies and procedures and upholds the standards of professional practice.
- Accuracy – Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly with attention to all details of a project or task.
- Adaptability – Ability to adapt to and facilitate change in the workplace.
- Communication – Ability to communicate effectively with others in English using good listening skills and the spoken word both verbally and in writing. Ability to write clearly and concisely using good grammar and spelling. Participates in meetings, committees and task forces as requested within the organization in order to participate in system improvements, communications, and operations.
- Confidentiality – Maintains all business and patient confidentiality and information security practices.
- Cross-training – All staff are expected to participate in cross-training within the organization when directed to assist in the operations of the business when short staffed or covering for vacations and sick leave. Clinical staff cross-training duties will not be outside the employees’ scope of practice.
- Empathetic – Ability to appreciate and be sensitive to the feelings of patients and co-workers. Exhibits a cheerful demeanor with the ability to display good-natured tolerance of delay or adversity. A calm manner and patience working with a variety of personalities.
- Essential Job Functions – Ability to perform the Essential Job Functions of this position.
- Initiative – Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal. Desire to excel, attempting non-routine tasks. Demonstrates motivation for enhancing and improving professional competency through additional training, seminars, and in-services. Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.
- Judgment – The ability to formulate a sound decision using the available information. Being able to triage priorities, delegate tasks if needed, and handle conflict in a reasonable fashion with customer service as a priority.
- Knowledge – of current federal and state laws and regulations, as well as current AORN, AAAHC, DOH, CMS and other oversight credentialing and certifying bodies, as these laws, regulations, policies, and recommendations apply to the delivery of care in a clinic or ASC setting.
- Organized – Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
- Professional Development – Strives to expand own knowledge and skills; Monitors trends in health care industry and adapts to changes and new developments.
- Reliability – Can be relied upon to demonstrate reliability in attendance and punctuality. Ability to work in a demanding self-supervisory, multi-task environment within clear timelines.
- Team Player – The ability to work with others and independently for a common goal. Puts aside own individual needs to work toward the larger group objective and reinforces the contribution of others on the team.
- Technology – competent use of computer systems, EMR, other office equipment and software including the Microsoft Office Suite of products.
- Terminology – knowledge of medical terminology preferred and, in some positions, required.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- N/A
Schedule
- Hourly/Non-Exempt
- Monday – Thursday, 6:30am – 4pm, Friday work as scheduled/required.
Education/Experience Requirements
- Graduate of an Accredited Certified Surgical Technologist program.
- Registered as a Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) with the State of Washington without restriction.
- Current BLS/CPR certification.
- 1-year Scrub experience in a wide variety of specialties preferred; proficiency of Laparoscopic and Open General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Bariatric Surgery required.
- In place of the above requirements, the incumbent may possess any combination of relevant education and experience which would demonstrate the individual's knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above.
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to sit, stand, walk, bend, reach with hands often and arms above shoulders occasionally, stoop, crouch or twist frequently, kneel or squat seldom.
- Lift/Carry/Push/Pull/Support up to 50 lbs. frequently.
- Physical working environment may include, but not be limited to, high pressure steam, chemical, electrical, mechanical, bio-waste, stress, back strain, body fluids, etc.
- Environmental conditions may include, but not be limited to, variations in temperature, noise, odors, multi-stimuli, etc.
- Pressure from high volume census to meet deadlines to obtain adequate instrumentation from vendors.
- Must possess functional vision, hearing, and speech to communicate effectively with patients, patient advocates, and staff.
- Perform fine motor functions, Tactile differentiation, e.g. temperature, moisture.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
