OR Surgical Technologist

4 weeks ago

Kansas City, United States University Health Full time
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OR Surgical Technologist

TMC Truman Medical Centers

Job Location
University Health Truman Medical Center

Kansas City, Missouri

Department

Operating Room

Position Type

Full time

Work Schedule

7:00AM - 5:30PM

Hours Per Week

40

If you want to work where the action is, University Health (UH) is the place for you. Known as "Kansas City's Essential Hospital," UH is the safety net healthcare system for Jackson County/Kansas City. We are an academic medical center, serving as the primary teaching institution for the UMKC Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, and Pharmacy. A 547-bed, not-for-profit health system, UH delivers the highest-quality medical care for our patients, with compassion, empathy, and unparalleled dedication to service. During the 2020 pandemic, we also stepped forward as a regional leader in COVID care and testing. UH is comprised of three campuses:

UH Truman Medical Center is located in the Health Sciences District of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The Health Sciences District represents a robust academic community, leading the forefront of biomedical research and cutting edge technology. Partnered with UMKC and Children's Mercy Hospital. University Health serves as the cornerstone in educating the next generation of healthcare practitioners. As a Level 1 Trauma Center, we're a leader in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, with world-class expertise in chronic disease management and women's services, including high-risk maternity care. The Health Sciences District is also home to the University Health 1 and 2 buildings. UH 1 is UH's beautiful specialty outpatient clinics and day-surgery center and UH 2 is the location for all of our primary care and women's care clinics.

UH Lakewood Medical Center is located between Kansas City and Lee's Summit, Missouri, offering residents of Eastern Jackson County access to a modern community hospital with a continuum of outpatient services designed to meet the needs of families. UH Lakewood specializes in high-risk maternal and child care, and serves as one of the few Kansas City metro area institutions accredited by The Joint Commission in Orthopedics and Palliative Care. It also is home to a 188-bed, fully accredited long-term care center.

UH Behavioral Health is the KC metro area's largest, most comprehensive provider of mental health services. The Crossroads Building, located in Kansas City's vibrant Crossroads Arts District, is its epicenter, providing a broad list of outpatient services. We also offer psychiatric inpatient care, and we deliver therapeutic services through our community outreach clinics. We are a leader in the Trauma-Informed Care Movement, and provide training, coaching and consulting to outside organizations.

Job Description

1. Checks the operating room environment for cleanliness prior to opening sterile supplies and damp dusts flat surfaces if needed. Assists with turnover cleaning of operating room between cases if needed. 2. Reviews the surgeon preference cards and ensures all supplies and equipment are pulled correctly against the proposed surgical procedure. Assists with case pick if assigned. Prepares sterile fields for use, following principles of aseptic technique and ensures sterile fields are constantly monitored. 3. Assists the circulating nurse with preparation of the patient for the procedure including prepping, positioning if assigned. 4. Performs the duties of a scrubbed person during the entire surgical procedure and maintains counts, ensuring effective hand-off communication when relieved. Drapes the patient, passes instruments safely, prepares suturing materials appropriately, keeps sponges and all supplies organized and easy to visualize, and assists with application of dressings at the end of the procedure. 5. Completes post procedure activities. Ensures specimens are handed off to the circulating nurse, identifying how it should be labeled (along with the surgical team), ensures it is placed into the specimen container (as per protocol) and submits the specimen to the laboratory for testing/examination/disposal. 6. Checks to ensure good working order of instruments and equipment prior to use and identifies when defective and works with the materials manager to remove the items from service. Performs routine biological monitoring of the sterilizers as well as documentation of results when assigned as per policy. Notifies the manager immediately if results of testing demonstrates malfunction of equipment. 7. Provides mentoring and guidance in orientation activities for surgical technologists new to the OR department. 8. Promotes self development and advancement of skills. 9. Promotes quality improvement, staff and patient safety, and cultural diversity through department operations and by personal performance 10. Provides service in a manner that is appropriate for the patient's age; demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to meet the patient's physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs. 11. Presents a courteous and helpful demeanor, appropriate for age, to all patients, visitors, other employees/medical staff members, or any other person an employee encounters while representing the organization. 12. Maintains current knowledge related to applicable statutes, regulations, guidelines and standards necessary to perform job duties in accordance with the requirements of the Corporate Compliance Plan. Complies with the requirements of the Code of Conduct, Corporate Compliance Plan and Compliance Policies and Procedures, including training requirements. Participates in compliance activities under the direction of the Department Manager and Corporate Compliance Officer.

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