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Beth Israel Lahey Health · 2 months ago

Perinatal Surgical Technologist- Labor and Delivery 36 hours

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

0+ years exp

Beth Israel Lahey Health is a healthcare organization focused on making a difference in patients' lives. The Perinatal Surgical Technician provides support to the surgical team and collaborates with nursing staff to ensure quality care for patients undergoing surgical procedures in the labor and delivery unit.

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Responsibilities

Creates and maintains a sterile field. Monitors sterile technique (Surgical Conscience) in all areas of practice. Utilizes equipment, instruments, and supplies for more complex procedures in the services

Anticipates needs of surgical team and is able to assist surgeon in holding retractors, sponging and suctioning of operative site, as well as cutting sutures and draping of surgical patient

Accountable for supplies, equipment and environmental support in a cost-effective manner. Drapes all equipment in a sterile fashion. Identifies specimens for processing by circulating nurse. Assists surgical team with the counting of instruments, sharps, and sponges. Cleans and prepares instruments for sterilization. Removes soiled instruments and equipment

Safeguards the privacy of patients. Maintains confidentiality relating to patients. Aware of patient's rights as well as legal, moral, and ethical implications of actions

Maintains stock in operating room supply carts and specialty cart(s) in resource area in coordination with Clinical Resource Nurse. Reports problems related to kits or equipment and assists in developing corrective action plan. Contributes to cleanliness, order, and returns kits and supplies to proper areas within the unit. Maintain open and effective communication with patients and surgical team

Support the unit's administrative tasks by partnering with nurses to coordinate the day-to-day patient flow to include, patient registration, discharges, and transfers. Coordinate communication via phone, paging and patient call bell system to support team collaboration and equitable patient care

Assists in the presenting of newer staff /students to the scrub role in basic procedures and within area(s) of expertise. Provides feedback to nurse educator or nurse director on performance of technical skills of preceptees in the scrub role

Develops and maintains competencies as delegated by a registered nurse, including sterile dressing changes

Assists patients with completion of daily living activities. Assists nursing staff with patient ambulation, transfers, range of motion and repositioning as required. Maintains safety of patients, who have been identified at risk for preventable injury using nursing safety interventions or the use of protective devices/equipment under the supervision of the registered nurse

Reports all patient observations, symptoms, deviations from normal and changes in the patient's condition and activity to the registered nurse in a timely manner

Qualification

Certified Surgical TechnologistBasic Life SupportSurgical TechniquesPatient Care ExperienceBasic Computer SkillsCustomer ServiceWritten CommunicationOral CommunicationTeam Work

Required

High School diploma or GED required

Certificate 1 Cert Surg Tech (CST) required

Certificate 2 Basic Life Support required

0-1 years related work experience required

Graduate of an accredited education program for surgical technologists or has completed a training program for surgical technologists in the United States Military or Public Health Service

Holds and maintains a certified surgical technologist credential administered by a nationally recognized surgical technologist credentialing body accredited by the National commission of Certifying Agencies and recognized by the American College of Surgeons and the Association of Surgical Technologists

Maintains annual mandatory education requirements, which include emergency skills and unit based competencies

Identifies needs for continued growth and development in conjunction with the unit based educator or clinical nurse specialist

Basic familiarity with computers

Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications

Preferred

Patient care experience preferred through any of the following areas: CNA, MA, EMT, PCT certificate or currently enrolled nursing student, who has completed at least one clinical rotation

Completion of BIDMC in-house training program

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