Procedure Area Tech II

Job Details Primary Function

• Provides specific patient care and equipment management for procedural areas to facilitate safe patient outcomes.
• Supports cleanliness and supply maintenance of all operating room areas including hallways, sub sterile areas, break rooms, and equipment areas.
• Adheres closely to values and behaviors of organization while embodying the expectations of a leader.

• Attends preceptor workshop appropriate to role.
• Actively participates in orientation of new PAT team members.
• Cross-trained into either the perianesthesia tech role (to support PACU), the clerk role (to support the OR or PACU desk), or SPD certification (scope/instrument processing support).
• GI lab specific: instrument processing duties required to enhance the functioning of the department.
• Enthusiastically works with leadership to identify own learning needs and seeks opportunities to meet these learning needs.
• Reports to supervisor, in a timely manner, any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards, or safety violations that may cause injury to oneself, other employees, patient and visitors.
• Demonstrates proficient skills in the PAT role and performs patient care duties that contribute to the efficient, safe operations of the unit which may include but are not limited to:
• Performing appropriate skin prep procedures adhering to Procedure Area policy/procedure.
• Assisting patient care team in the transfer of patient to and from bed/stretcher.
• Assisting patient care team in positioning patient on Procedure Area table or holding patient extremity for skin prep.
• Transporting of the patient to and from Procedure Area or department.
• Making bed/stretcher.
• Provides necessary equipment/supplies for the patient care team which may include but not limited to:
• Restocking specialty carts with supplies.
• Maintaining par level of supplies.
• During Procedure Area room set, provides appropriate equipment/tables needed in the room.
• Obtains case cart or instrument sets needed for procedure.
• Performs between case cleaning procedures which may include but not limited to:
• Cleaning entire Procedure Area room.
• Cleaning specialty equipment/instrumentation/carts.
• Returning used soft goods and instrument sets appropriately.
• Appropriately handling contaminated instrument trays, carts, specimens, and body fluids.
• Performs general area cleaning which may include but not limited to:
• Daily dusting, sweeping, mopping, care and maintenance to sub sterile areas, breakrooms, unsterile hallways, and other areas as needed.
• Troubleshoots minor equipment problems and initiates service calls for broken equipment as needed.
• Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities to safely provide age-appropriate care to the patients served, under the direction of the RN.
• Responds to crisis situations and performs essential tasks under the direction of the RN.
• Practices professional telephone etiquette.
• Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrates proficiency in required computer programs.
• Effectively communicates with patients, families, visitors, employees, and physicians, utilizing courteous written and verbal communication.
• Performs other related duties as required.

• Frequent contact with patients, families, visitors, volunteers, students, and members of the healthcare team both internal and external.

• PAT I.

• Perioperative Supervisor
• Unit-based Nurse Manager/Assistant Nurse Manager
• RN staff

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• A minimum of two years full time clinical practice is required, Perioperative experience preferred.
• GI Lab-specific:
  Completion of SPD or scope processing training preferred. Certification as SPD Technician within 12 months of hire or Endoscope Processing Certification within 6 months of Certification availability.
• Computer skills.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
• BLS required.

• Ability to apply CCHS Core Values to daily activities.
• Knowledge of CCHS policies and procedures; keeps up to date with departmental and system wide changes.
• Completes mandatory inservice education and web-based training.
• Maintains professional appearance wearing Christiana Care issued scrubs when appropriate.
• Knowledge of PCT responsibilities related to emergency procedures (Code blue, Code red, Code delta, heart alert, stroke alert).
• Knowledge and application of CCHS telephone and paging systems. Responsible for Christiana Care issued iPhone. Consistently available for Vocera paging and Capacity Management programs.
• Basic knowledge of medical terminology.
• Ability to act independently within established guidelines.
• Ability to exercise judgment, tact, and diplomacy.
• Ability to reason, prioritize, problem solve and identify problems.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive interdepartmental working relationships.
• Ability to maintain confidential…