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 Company: St. Vincent Health System – The mission of St. Vincent Health System and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) is to nurture the healing ministry of the Church by bringing it new life, energy and viability in the 21st Century. Location:
Little
Rock, Arkansas
Description:
Surgical Technologist - SVN Surgery-PRN
- Little Rock, AR
Job Summary:
Uses and Discloses patient protected health information: • Only as it applies
to job functions,
• In amounts minimally
necessary for intended purpose,
• In a confidential
manner. Essential Functions: • Assists in the orientation
of new personnel and will orient new associates
as needed and experience level will allow.
• Plans for and prepares
necessary instruments, supplies, and equipment
required for surgical procedures.
• Demonstrates knowledge
and technical skill in the care and use of instruments,
supplies and equipment used during a surgical
procedure.
• Performs skin prep
as directed.
• Assists in positioning
and draping the patient for the appropriate procedure.
• Properly identifies
and handles medication passed onto the sterile
field under the direction of the RN.
• Completes accurate
instrument, sponge, and sharp counts with a Registered
Nurse.
• Performs scrub duties
such as handling of instruments, holding retractors,
cutting sutures, and maintaining a sterile field.
• Assists in transporting
blood products and specimens to and from the
Laboratory.
• Ensures proper care
of specimens from surgical procedures.
• Performs all work
in accordance with accepted standards of sanitation,
safety and proper handling techniques, including
sterilization and high level disinfection's procedures.
• Assists Registered
Nurse as directed.
• Develops and maintains
effective communication with patients, medical
staff and hospital personnel.
• Makes a conscious
effort to contain costs within the department
and to the patients.
• Provides general
direction in clinical setting to student surgical
technologists assigned to surgery.
• Assist other team
members with room cleaning and turnover.
• Restocks OR rooms
and supply cabinets with supplies according to
departmental procedures; rotates supplies as
needed.
• Be "on call" for
emergencies and available for additional duty
if necessary.
• Assists in maintaining
equipment rooms; checks instruments that need
to be sent to Material Services for processing;
locates missing instruments; prepares surgeons'
instruments for following day's schedule.
• Assist Team Coordinators
with projects involving instrumentation and preference
cards.
• Maintains patient
confidentiality.
• Assist in transporting
patients.
• Works to maintain
a positive team relationship with co-workers. Education: • High school graduate
or equivalent.
• Completion of a Surgical
Technology program through an accredited school
or the military preferred. Experience: • Previous Operating
Room experience within the last 3 years required. License/Certification: • Current national
Surgical Technology certification preferred,
• Basic Life Support
(BLS) certification required.
Additional Responsibilities: • Demonstrates a commitment
to service, hospital values and professionalism
through appropriate conduct and demeanor at all
times.
• Adheres to and exhibits
Catholic Health Initiatives core values:
Reverence: Having a profound spirit of awe and respect for all creation, shaping relationships to self, to one another and to God and acknowledging that we hold in trust all that has been given to us. Integrity: Moral wholeness, soundness, uprightness, honesty and sincerity as a basis of trustworthiness. Compassion: Feeling with others, being one with others in their sorrows and joys, rooted in the sense of solidarity as members of the human community. Excellence: Outstanding achievement, merit, virtue; continually surpassing standards to achieve/maintain quality. • Maintains confidentiality
and protects sensitive data at all times.
• Adheres to organizational
and department specific safety standards and
guidelines.
• Works collaboratively
and supports efforts of team members.
• Demonstrates exceptional
customer service and interacts effectively with
physicians, patients, visitors, staff and the
broader health care community.
Catholic Health Initiatives and its organizations are Equal Opportunity Employers Posting
Date: Nov 17 08
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