Participates w/ the Health Care Team in delivering quality health care to patients in a manner which reflects KP's mission, vision, & values while supporting the LMP principles & practice. Participates in creating a high-performance culture based on a joint decision making process in accordance w/ the 'LMP Vision Reaffirmation & Understandings Booklet'. Provides support & assistance to the patient & Health Care team to promote population-based care, continuity of care, customer satisfaction, & self-care. Demonstrates strong interpersonal & communication skills w/ a caring, courteous, flexible, supportive, respectful, open minded, appreciative attitude that is committed to a team environment. Performs in the scrub role during surgical procedures & coordinates other activities w/ other OR professionals.
Essential Functions:
- Complies w/ shift, unit & organizational policies & procedures including reliability & attendance standards
- Complies w/ KP's Time Keeping Policy to accurately reflect productive time worked
- Takes responsibility to keep informed of organizational policies & current info
- Complies w/ contractual responsibilities related to work schedule
- Participates in unit Quality Assurance Programs
- Maintains current knowledge & skill base w/ personal commitment to continuous learning & professional development
- Utilizes professional communication techniques
- Maintains HIPPA Standards
- Promotes collaboration & professional interaction w/ the health care team
- Promotes professional conduct, knows & complies w/ dept Standards of Behavior
- Promotes & utilizes professional communication techniques
- Attends inservices related to job description as approp
- Demonstrates awareness of new concepts & skills
- Attends & constructively participates in staff meetings
- Communicates info so that continuity of care is maintained
- Communicates w/ patient, family & other staff in a professional & courteous manner
- Obtains & demonstrates the skills & knowledge needed to provide approp population based & culturally sensitive care to patients & families through education, training & experience
- Participates in accurate pre-operative briefing & time out
- Provides continuous reassessment through the intra operative period
- Utilizes knowledge of type of procedure to plan for approp set up
- Obtains & demonstrates the skills & knowledge needed to provide age approp care to patients through education, training & experience
- Initiates approp measures based on protocol for the mgmt of the intra- operative patient
- Applies principles of aseptic technique
- Evaluates sterile packs & supplies
- Provides a well organized sterile area
- Is aware of procedure's progression & anticipates the needs of the team, observing sterile technique at all times
- Performs all necessary procedures correctly to ensure patient safety intra operatively
- Applies & assists w/ the principles of correct body alignment in positioning & transferring patients
- Examines unused equipment & instruments for gross contamination & transports covered used instruments to utility room
- Responsible for sterile core activities: Completion of picking case carts, restocking, reordering supplies, assisting w/ O.R. room needs
- Assists w/ approp measures in emergency situations
- Assists Circulator in preparation for the next scheduled case
- Initiates & facilitates room turnovers
- Restocking of unused supplies & equipment
- Participates in the reprocessing process
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- One (1) to two (2) years of scrubbing experience and able to scrub all surgical procedures
- One (1) to two (2) years of scrubbing experience in all surgical procedures in inpatient or ambulatory O.R. setting
- Three (3) to five (5) years of scrubbing experience in all surgical procedures in inpatient or ambulatory O.R. setting, preferred
- Graduate of an accredited School of Surgical Technology
- BLS certification
- AST (Association of Surgical Technology) Certification
- Knowledge of sterile technique; operating room procedures and equipment; dexterity with hands; effective relationships with people; ability to exercise good judgment and discipline
- Able to follow instruction
- Knowledge of sterile core area
- CST preferred
- Ability to rotate through sterile core area, preferred
- Clean and reprocess instruments, stock supplies, and pick case carts, preferred
Salary Range: $24.04 - $28.54
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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