Surgical Tech III - Surgery Main OR - Full Time - Days

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Job Summary:

Location: Methodist Hospital
Address: 8303 Dodge St, Omaha, NE

Work Schedule: 6:45am to 5:15pm, variable day off, call rotation

Allied health professional working as a part of the team delivering surgical care by assisting physicians and maintaining a sterile field during surgical procedure through consistent application of aseptic techniques.

Ask your recruiter/hiring manager about the following incentives that may be available for this position:
- Sign-on bonus
- Tuition reimbursement
- Shift differentials & other financial incentives
- Tuition assistance
- Academic sponsorship with Methodist College
- Free parking

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

Performs preoperative preparation.

• Reviews physician preference list before operative procedure and assembles supplies and equipment needed for procedure.
• Opens sterile supplies using sterile technique.
• Transfers medications and solutions to the sterile field according to policy.
• Communicates clearly and collaborates with other members of the perioperative team to prepare operative procedure.
• Prepares the case cart postoperative for central sterilizing return according to department policy.

Functions as scrub person during operative procedure by preparing, monitoring, and maintaining a sterile field

• Completing surgical scrub according to policy.
• Performs scrub duties in an accurate, concise and timely manner.
• Wears appropriate personal protective apparel (PPA) and follows standard and policy for attire in the operating room.
  • Follows policy for wearing protective eye-wear during procedures.
• Organizes and maintains sterile instruments and supplies in organized manner.
• Performs counts according to facility policy and procedure during procedure and hand-off situations.
  • Accurately performs all sponge, needle, and sharps counts at appropriate times with registered nurse.
• Assisting with draping sterile field according to standard.
• Watches progress of the operation and anticipates needs of team members.
• Disassembles instruments and equipment, transports to processing department.
• Assists with cleaning room and prepares for subsequent procedure.
  • Cleans operating room suite between cases and participates in turnover.
• Checks indicators and integrity of packages for each patient procedure.
• Recognizes unseen boundaries between sterile and non-sterile.
• Immediately communicates any changes in procedures, patient condition, or procedure.
• Communicates for a safe and accurate hand-off with team members to assure accuracy of critical patient care information and specimen disposition.
• Prepares and properly disposes of sharps, blood, and waste prior to leaving room according to department policy.

Applies base knowledge and principles during operative procedure (Intraoperative Surgical).

• Base knowledge of anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, microbiology and pharmacology for optimal surgical patient care.
• Principles of computer science, electricity and robotics as needed for surgical patient care.
• Principles of sterile technique during the surgical procedure.

Follows policy and procedure for Intraoperative Surgical procedures.

• Participates in surgical time-out, fire risk assessment, and case summary for each operative procedure.
• Identifies labels and handles specimens including hand-off situations and disposition of specimen.
  • Labels medications and specimen identification and disposition.

Demonstrates collegiality and leadership qualities. 

• Demonstrates awareness of, and participation in performance improvement activities.
• Reports potential performance improvement problems, to coordinators, core nurse and service leader, assists in problem solving.
• Maintains compliance with department call requirements, ad