Student Surgical tech GI Lab

Position Summary

Position Summary: Provides assistive patient care in the Operating Room under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse. This position serves the following patient age categories: pediatrics, adolescent, adult, and geriatric.

Responsibilities

• 1. Assists with Surgical Process.
• 2. Demonstrates table set-ups and scrub techniques for complex procedures in and out of specialty.
• 3. Anticipates specific instruments, checks equipment, and obtains supplies for upcoming schedule.
• 4. Maintains asepsis throughout procedure; identifies and corrects breaks in technique.
• 5. Demonstrates and educates principles of anatomy and physiology as related to basic and complex procedures.
• 6. Demonstrates and educates safety practices as related to counts, sharps, positioning, specimens, and Electrical Surgical Units & Plan education for peer group.
• 7. Contributes to unit operations. Identifies and makes changes to preference lists.
• 8. Recognizes and actively participates in quality assurance and improvement activities.
• 9. Willingness to go to other specialties to broaden knowledge base.
• 10. Demonstrates professional accountability. Plans and teaches campus specific specialty competencies.
• 11. Planning and Implementation of patient care.
• 12. Observes patient, alerts surgical team to symptoms, reactions, and changes in patient condition, and coaches others to recognize status changes.
• 13. Assists the RN with selected patient care interventions in a manner that is consistent with policies and procedures and offering coaching to new members of the surgical team.
• 14. Consults physicians and acts upon needs/requirements preoperatively and postoperatively. ***within scope of practice***.
• 15. Completes assigned task and without prompting, seeks other departmental needs.

Qualifications

Qualifications: The following qualifications, or equivalents, are the minimum requirements necessary to perform the essential functions of this position. Education/formal training/licensure/certification experience:

• 1. Currently enrolled in a surgical technology program.
• 2. BLS