OB L&D Scrub Tech Nights Job Decatur area,Alabama USA,Healthcare

Overview

Job Summary:

Demonstrates through behavior Decatur Morgan Hospital’s mission, vision and values. Additionally, the unit clerk/scrub technician under the direct supervision of the licensed nurse performs various duties to assist in care of patients. These duties include, but are not limited to, transcribing physician orders, answering and dispatching patient calls, answering the telephone and transferring calls to the appropriate personnel, maintaining supply inventories, office equipment, and overall order and organization of the nurses station, performing first scrub procedures in the Delivery OR and assistant roles at a vaginal delivery.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions

Under the direct supervision of licensed nurses performs duties as assigned.

Courteously answers patient calls giving the patient reassurance and immediately notifying nursing personnel of patient’s needs

Initiates, assembles and maintains charts from admission to discharge. Following discharge, prepares the chart for transport to health information management.

Knowledgeable of and performs computer applications as appropriate to clerical responsibilities

Maintain appropriate inventories of forms and supplies

Maintain a clean and orderly work area

Perform first scrub role in Delivery OR

Stock department and OR after procedures

Qualifications Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Experience

Required:

Uses common sense and special medical skills to care for the sick
Understands technical information from supervisors, charts, reference books, manuals and labels
Uses eyes, ears, hands and fingers with skill
Acts quickly in an emergency, rendering appropriate life-saving measures
Communicates with people
Change from one duty to another frequently
Follow and/or give precise instructions
Records and interprets information accurately

Education: High school graduate or GED.

Certification: Current BLS required

Experience:
Must live within 30 min drive. Previous experience in clerical or receptionist position helpful. Previous experience in scrub role helpful. Hospital experience and knowledge of medical terminology preferred, but not required.