We are currently looking for a Full Time Surgical Technician to join our Surgery Center Team team located at the Chickasaw Nation Medical Center.
Summary:
Under general supervision, provides technical assistance during surgical procedures.
Responsibilities:
- Provides first class customer service - courteous and helpful to all internal and external customer types
- Answers questions in a courteous and professional manner
- Partners with internal and external services as needed to ensure appropriate referral is made
- Greets and engages with a smile
- Determines and meets needs
- Seeks positive experience and outcomes
- Completes all training and development requirements and participates in continuing education opportunities
- Works in a collaborative and supportive manner to support the productivity and safety of the work area, team members and customers of all types
- Shares responsibilities for maintaining adequate supplies and equipment
- Maintains general upkeep of work area and maintains a safe environment
- Observes and addresses potential environmental hazards and risks
- Maintains and promotes professionalism
- Punctual and consistent in meeting start time, work schedule, attendance and other assigned work time metrics
- Adheres to Chickasaw Nation dress code standards
- May provide break coverage for others as assigned
- May augment staff in other areas as needed based on staffing and needs ratio in regularly assigned unit
- Maintain knowledge of and follow all laws, rules, regulations, policies and SOPs for assigned area, e.g. MICS, TICS, hospital standards, health codes, food sanitation, accounting principles, etc.
- Participates in performance improvement activities to measure, assess and improve the quality of assigned work area
- Maintains confidentiality, security, and integrity of data and information in accordance with HIPAA regulations
- Prepares supplies, instruments, and equipment for pending surgical procedures
- Updates surgeon preference cards following each procedure on an as needed basis and anticipates the needs of the surgeon and provides instruments
- Completes sterile processing procedures
- Cleans, disinfects, assembles, packages, records, sterilizes, and stores all instruments and equipment used for patient care
- Performs daily testing of sterilization equipment and reporting defective equipment to sterile processing supervisor
- Properly records daily testing of sterilization equipment
- Notifies supervisor immediately for any failed diagnostic testing on sterilization equipment
- Limits traffic in and out of the sterilization areas by transporting sterile instruments to their designated area(s)
- Cleans all sterilization areas and equipment according to guidelines on daily/weekly/monthly schedules
- Checks all sterilization areas for expirations on any sterilization products used
- Assists with transporting instruments to other facilities for sterilization processing when equipment is nonoperational
- Monitors surgery schedules daily, identifying general, specific and potential needs for all cases
- Performs surgical hand scrub per AST/AORN/CDC guidelines
- Gowns and gloves self, surgeon, and assistants utilizing sterile technique
- All other duties as assigned
Competencies:
Essential:
- Follow instructions, written or oral
- Ensures compliance
- Adhere to all scheduling and attendance requirements
- Honesty, truthfulness, reliability, accountability
- Read, understand and apply regulations and policies
- Possess basic knowledge of medical terminology
- Ability to plan, organize and follow through on assignments
- Communicates verbally with team, departments, guests and management
- Writes effective communications with team, departments, guests and management
Skills:
Experience:
Essential:
- No prior experience required.
Education:
Essential:
- Diploma of Surgical Technology
Credentials:
Essential:
- Pass general background check
- Basic Life Support
Working Conditions:
Essential:
- Fast-paced
- Hospital or Clinic
- Potential exposure to biohazards
- Potential exposure to contagious diseases
- Interacts with clinical, support, technical, professional or management staff in a variety of settings and situations
- Pass pre-employment drug test
- Frequently bend, kneel, stoop, push, reach
- Use computer up to 25% of shift
- Sometimes lift and or carry up to 50 lbs
- Standing up to 100% of shift
- Walk up to 100% of shift
- May be required to be available for Call-Back
- May work flexible schedule