PRIMARY FUNCTION:

To assist the surgical team, under the direction of a professional nurse, implementing skilled nursing care for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients undergoing surgical procedures.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs assigned procedures for comfort and well-being for pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients,
• demonstrating a concern for safety.
• Assists in updating physician reference sheets.
• Participate in the nursing care plans, functioning as an effective team member.
• Demonstrates ability to scrub on all procedures, minor to major.
• Communicates effectively to patients, families, employees, and physicians, utilizing both written and verbal
• communication skills.
• Responds appropriately to crisis situations as outlined in unit specific standards, initiates interventions within scope of responsibility; notifies RN.
• Maintains required credentials of BCLS and mandatory inservice patients.
• Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary to provide care appropriate to neonatal, pediatric, adolescent,
• adult and geriatric patients, including knowledge of growth and development, the ability to obtain and interpret
• information to identify patient needs, and provide the care needed.
• Performs assigned work safely, adhering to established departmental safety rules and practices.
• Reports to supervisor, in a timely manner, any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards, or safety violations that
• may cause injury to oneself, other employees, patients and visitors.
• Performs other related duties as required.

SCHEDULE:

• Full time, day/evening shift, Range from 730am-11pm,
• Shift could be 7:30am-4:00pm or 2:30pm-11:00pm
• Rotating Holidays and Weekends
• on-call obligation

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Graduate of an accredited, approved surgical technologist program with clincal hours completed for any employee hired after 2009
• BLS Certification

SPECIAL or PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• BCLS certification.
• Certification by an approved certification body i.e. the Association of Surgical Technologists (AST) and/or the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA)  (CST) and 1 Year OR Experience

If you have an questions about this job role please reach out to Lenny Merrick at Lynell.J.Merrick@ChristianaCare.org