Surgical Technician, Open Heart Surgery & General Clackamas (40hrs/ day)

Surgical Technologist

Participates with the Health Care Team in delivering quality health care to patients in a manner that reflects Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision, and values while supporting the Labor Management Partnership principles and practice. Participates in creating a high-performance culture based on a joint decision-making process. Provides support and assistance to the patient and Health Care team to promote population-based care, continuity of care, customer satisfaction, and self-care. Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills with a caring, courteous, flexible, supportive, respectful, open-minded, appreciative attitude that is committed to a team environment. The Surgical Technologist performs in the scrub role during surgical procedures and coordinates other activities with other OR professionals.

Job Description

• Complies with shift, unit, and organizational policies and procedures including reliability and attendance standards.
• Monitors and takes corrective action to prevent recurring absences.
• Returns promptly from breaks and schedules them to provide adequate coverage.
• Restricts personal business to non-patient care areas during break times.
• Complies with Kaiser’s Time Keeping Policy to accurately reflect productive time worked.
• Takes responsibility to keep informed of organizational policies and current information.
• Participates in unit Quality Assurance Programs.
• Maintains current knowledge and skill base with personal commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
• Utilizes professional communication techniques.
• Maintains confidentiality of all patient and organizational records (HIPAA Standards).
• Promotes collaboration and professional interaction with the health care team.
• Attends in-services related to job description as appropriate.
• Communicates information so that continuity of care is maintained.
• Participates in accurate pre-operative briefing and time out.
• Initiates appropriate measures based on protocol for the management of the intra-operative patient.
• Evaluates sterile packs and supplies.
• Provides a well-organized sterile area.
• Performs all necessary procedures correctly to ensure patient safety intra-operatively.
• Assists with appropriate measures in emergency situations.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Surgical Technology.
• Basic Life Support required at hire.
• Surgical Technologist Certificate required at hire.

Additional Requirements

• Knowledge of sterile core area.
• Knowledge of sterile technique; operating room procedures and equipment; dexterity with hands; effective relationships with people; ability to exercise good judgment and discipline.
• Able to follow instruction.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) to five (5) years of scrubbing experience in all surgical procedures in inpatient or ambulatory O.R. setting.
• Ability to rotate through sterile core area.
• Clean and reprocess instruments, stock supplies, and pick case carts.