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Job Summary:

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

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 4, 10 hour shifts. Call required (typically 1-2 days a week, 1 weekend a month)

Must have minimum of 1 year experience as Surgical Tech.

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.

Responsibilities:

Essential Job Functions

1. 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.

2. 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.
• Organizes and maintains sterile instruments and supplies in organized manner.
• Performs counts according to facility policy and procedure during procedure and hand-off situations.
• 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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, adjusts hours to meet patient services.
• Eligible to seat preceptor training and serve as a mentor.
• Collaborates with specialty coordinator and Staff Development Nurse on completion of orientation processes including orientation map, core competencies and assignments.
• Documents ongoing process of orienting staff and assists in mentoring.
• Participates in orientation of team members to new equipment and supplies.
• Achieves or maintains certification in profession, Certified Surgical Technologist.

6. Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the customer/patient, to ensure understanding and comfort level of treatment as outlined in the Population Specific Criteria.

• Demonstrates ability to identify opportunities for and give individualized customer service/patient care according to customer/patient needs.

7. Precepting.

• Conducts need assessments.
• Conducts one on one and group training.
• Is knowledgeable of equipment used in surgical procedures, their, reference manuals, and resources for consultation.
• Performs clinical preceptor role for specialty se