What are the responsibilities and job description for the Surgical Technician/Scrub Registered Nurse/Surgery Nurse PRN position at Crawford County Clinic?
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Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- General:
- Adheres to hospital and department policies
- Communicates effectively in English
- Ability to care for patients of all ages
- Demonstrates values and behaviors according to Values Statement
- Specific:
- Maintains attendance
- Arrives to work punctually
- Follows dress code
- Maintains confidentiality of privileged information
- Adheres to safety practices
- Participates in CQI
- Follows Department of Nursing and hospital policies and procedures
- Complies with Surgery Department policies and procedures
- Assists registered nurse in planning patient care
- Documents patient care on peri-operative record
- Collaborates with other healthcare team members
- Participates in performance improvement activities
- Communicates with peers, other healthcare team members, patients, visitors
- Maintains adaptability
- Supports co-workers
- Resolves problems
- Performs as clinical preceptor as assigned
- Maintains unit
- Maintains and cleans equipment
- Operates equipment according to manufacturer’s manual
- Communicates patient information to the manager
- Documents information
- Charges for equipment and supplies
- Uses computer systems efficiently
- General:
- Operation of OR equipment
- Operation of Central Supply equipment
- Scheduling procedures
- Specific:
- Knowledge of procedures done at Crawford County Memorial Hospital and preference cards
- Understanding of sterile technique
- Anticipate surgeon’s needs
- Keep a calm attitude in stressful circumstances
- Prefer graduate of accredited Surgical Technologists program (RN’s and LPN’s are able to function as a scrub nurse with the same orientation as a scrub tech)
- BLS
- Scrub tech certification
- Ability to care for all patient populations
- One to two years recent experience in a surgical setting – scrub tech, RN, LPN
- Two years as CNA who exhibits excellent knowledge of sterile technique will be considered