Description

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures and help count sponges, needles, supplies and instruments. The staffing of the Center is based on a teamwork concept. Employees may be cross-trained in other clinical areas and may be expected to perform duties other than their normal ones as staffing and patient needs change.

Responsibilities

• Promotes the mission, vision and values of the organization.
• Performs necessary tasks for a scrub role using technical skills.
• Assures patient/personal safety by maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment.
• Ensures proper instrumentation for each procedure.
• Follows all principles of sterile technique.
• Adhering to principles of Universal Precautions.
• Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks and surgical clothing.
• Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
• Operate, assemble, adjust or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines and diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
• Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
• Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
• Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
• Participates in all counts (instrument, sponge sharps, etc.) as necessary.
• Assists with maintenance of supplies and equipment.
• Maintains established Center and departmental policies and procedures.
• Develops and maintains an effective working relationship with patients, families, visitors and other Center employees.
• Documents concisely, precisely and accurately on all records or documents as indicated by policy.

• Participates in quality assessment activities as directed for the continuous improvement of patient care and for the Center. Compliance with continuing and mandatory education programs.

• Ability to respond quickly, physically and mentally when priorities and/or the patients condition changes.

• Regular, physical attendance on a predictable basis is essential to the performance of this job.

• Maintains confidentiality of patient and Center related business.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Associates Degree (or other 2-year degree), preferred.
• Graduate of an accredited school of surgical technology or LVN license in state of employment.
• Certified in surgical technology preferred (CST or CORT).
• One-year experience and/or training in surgical setting preferred.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification preferred.

Physical Demands/Working Conditions

• Working Conditions: Exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, radiation and repetitive motions; Category 1-Occupational exposure.

• Physical Demands: Physically demanding, high stress environment. Full range of body motion including crouching, stooping, reaching, bending, twisting, handling and lifting patients. Frequently lift, pull and push the weight of the average patient with assistance of one other person.

Manual and finger dexterity; hand eye coordination; standing and walking for extensive periods of time. Frequent lifting and carrying items weighing up to fifty (50) pounds. The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).