Surgical Tech - CVOR - Full Time - Days

Job Summary

Location:

Methodist Hospital

Address: 8303 Dodge St, Omaha, NE

Work Schedule:

6:45am to 5:15pm, 4 shifts per week with rotating call

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.

Open, endovascular, and robotic Cardiothoracic and vascular surgery

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.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge and proficient practice in the first scrub role in complex cases.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Applies knowledge related to emergency situations and surgical procedures in the operating room.

• Graduation from an accredited Surgical Technology program required
• or
• Graduation/Completion of an Official U.S. Military Training Program in Surgical Technology required
• or
• 5 plus year experience scrubbing surgical procedures in a hospital setting required.

• One to 5 + year of operating room experience preferred.
• NMH Surgery Main - 2 years of OR experience for weekend positions required.

• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification required within 45 days of hire.
• Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) Certification preferred.

• Ability to perform mathematical computations.
• Ability to follow all clinical direction efficiently and with precision.

• Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.

• Not necessary for the position (0%):
  • Climbing
  • Crawling
• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
  • Keyboarding/typing
  • Kneeling
  • Sitting
• Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
  • Balancing
  • Carrying
  • Crouching
  • Distinguish colors
  • Grasping
  • Lifting
  • Pulling/Pushing
  • Reaching
  • Repetitive Motions
  • Speaking/talking
  • Standing
  • Stooping/bending
  • Twisting
  • Walking
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
  • Fingering/Touching
  • Hearing
  • Seeing/visual

• Not Related:
  • Explosives (pressurized gas)
  • Electrical Shock/Static
  • Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
  • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
• Rare (1-33%):
  • Equipment/Machinery/Tools
  • Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
• Occassionally (34%-66%):
  • Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
  • Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
  • Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more…