Enhancing the profession to ensure quality patient care.
Beaver, West Virginia
Texarkana, Texas
Posted: 30-Sep-22
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 224376
- The Surgical Technologist on the Orthopaedic Upper Extremity Service will:
- Provides support to the surgeon and other surgical team members by performing direct and indirect tasks which facilitate and contribute to quality care, efficient through-put and a satisfactory experience for patients undergoing elective hip and knee arthroplasty procedures.
- May assist scrub person as a technical expert for joint arthroplasty.
- Functions under the direct personal supervision of a resident or attending surgeon.
- Assist anesthesia with patient transportation and providing patient comfort during induction.
- Collaborate with nursing on the opening of all sterile supplies needed for cases.
- Participate with medical staff and nursing to position patients to prevent injury.
- Pass or passively hold retractors.
- Accurately sterilize implants, instruments, et cetera as needed.
- Help gown surgical teams and monitor surgical aseptic environment.
- Provide support during the case of finding and retrieving supplies.
- Prepare OR with specialty instruments as needed for cases.
- Assist in picking cases and finding missing instruments.
- Perform or assist with the surgical prep of the patient.
- Clean OR as needed.
- Assist with OR stocking as needed.
- Deliver pathology/microbiology specimens as needed.
- Demonstrate appropriate infection control and universal precautions.
- Run Bowie dick and attests as needed to ensure the autoclaves are running correctly.
- Serve and participate on hospital wide councils/department staff meetings as directed.
- Actively participate and in seminars/grand rounds to continually update knowledge.
- Assist midlevel provider with the preparation of preoperative booklets and the patient teaching class.
- Assist midlevel provider and secretarial staff in preparation and processing O.T./P.T. req., Radiography req., disability, insurance and other patient related documents, under the supervision of attending staff.
- Accepts accountability for own actions. Be self-directed and show initiative, maintain a positive approach with staff and patients.
- Receive and process phone messages, communicate pertinent information appropriable.
- Maintain a positive outlook and contribute to a forward thinking cohesive Lower Extremity Reconstruction (LER) Team.
- Assist midlevel provider, residents, secretarial staff and attending in organizing the weekly surgery schedule.
- Take responsibility for a quality care experience for patients on the LER service and creatively contribute to the processes involved.
- High schoool diploma or equivalent.
- Completion of an accredited or military Surgical Technologist program.
- Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Previous health care experience.
- Previous OR experience
- Certification from The National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA
- Completion of medical terminology training.
- Ability to multi-task with ease.
- Ability to work flexible hours when necessary.
- Bachelors Degree in Health Sciences
Full time, 40hrs
Shift/Days: Flexible hours
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