Job Description
NEEDED: Surgical Technologist/Technician (Scrub Tech)
LOCATION: One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417
SCHEDULE:
- Key personnel will be scheduled (Monday – Friday) for the following shifts:
- 7:00 am – 3:30 pm
- 9:30 am – 6:00 pm
- 11:00 am – 7:30 pm
- Shift posted a minimum of 3 weeks in advance.
- The daily tour of duty is eight and a half hours including a 30-minute unpaid lunch break.
ON-CALL
- Must be available on-call during all hours when the Minneapolis VAHCS clinic is closed, including evenings, weekends and holidays.
- Personnel will rotate with VA staff to provide off-hour call coverage.
- Call coverage may result in call back to staff the OR at the medical center.
- On-call personnel must be available with 15 minutes by phone and on-site within 60 minutes.
Off hours call coverage hours are:
- Weekday: Monday – Thursday, 7:00 pm – 6:30 am
- Weekend: Friday at 7:00 pm – Monday at 6:30 am
- Holidays: varies depending on the holiday
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be a US Citizen
- Proof of education and/or equivalent program completion
- Surgical Tech certification and/or license
- Board Certified: N/A
- Shall be currently certified in Basic Life Support (BLS).
- All continuing education courses must be kept up to date
- Shall be technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the requirements, including the ability to speak, understand, read and write English fluently.
- Shall provide copies of current CMEs as required or requested by the facility.
JOB DUTIES: Direct Patient Care: Estimated 99% of the time involved in direct patient care. 1% Administrative functions.
- Shall provide clinical surgical scrubbing services in the scrubbing roll.
- Shall be present on time for any scheduled shifts as documented by physical presence in the operating room at the scheduled start time.
- Provide on-call coverage as assigned including nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Cover all shifts rotating evenly amongst staff.
- Assist in training and provides guidance to residents, medical, nursing, and surgical technology students in the operating room.
- Assist staff in surgical techniques and operating room procedures to include scrub person role during surgical procedures.
- Provides emotional support to patients in a variety of stage of adult development.
- Delivers care to patients in a respectful, nonjudgmental manner.
- Maintains patient privacy/confidentiality.
- Informs surgeons and staff about specialty surgical preferences.
- Provides patients and staff with consistent information according to established policies and procedures.
- Supports the healthcare team through the reinforcement of patient education.
- Remains current on updates in surgical technology through continuing education courses.
- Assists surgical team members in quality improvement activities.
- Assists the team members with care of the patient, i.e., positioning, prepping, and obtaining supplies.
- Plans and discusses each procedure with surgical professionals and assures that all supplies and equipment are available prior to the surgical procedure.
- Handles instruments, supplies and equipment during surgical procedures such as open heart, ophthalmology, neurosurgery, etc. ranging from simple to complex.
- Observes and responds promptly to each stage of the surgical procedure and anticipates the needs of the surgeon by maintaining a high level of concentration for extended periods of time.
- Prepares prosthesis and surgical devices during procedures.
- Sets up sterile field with all required items for each procedure such as air-powered equipment, fiber optic equipment, laparoscopic equipment, microscopes, lasers, arthroscopy equipment, urological equipment, recording devices, and other operating room supplies and equipment.
- Utilizes universal precautions and follows infection control policies and procedures when handling specimens, supplies and equipment.
- Performs sponge, needle, and instrument counts prior to the surgical incision before the closure of all cavities and at the termination of the operation.
- Accountable for all instruments, needles, sharps and equipment utilized during the surgical procedure.
- Maintaining the sterile field throughout the surgical procedure.
- Assures that all instruments, supplies, and equipment are ready for the surgical procedure.
- Maintains delivery or care to patients in a variety of stages of adult development.
- Recognize and respond to a variety of critical situations, including emergency and life-threatening conditions.
- Provides patient information to the RN/Anesthesia team for inclusion in the patient’s plan of care.
- Handles all specimens appropriately.
- Performs non-technical maintenance on equipment to ensure proper operating prior to usage.
- Maintains surgical work area such as routinely cleaning area and removing outdates or expired items.
- Identifies potentially hazardous situations and removes hazardous equipment from the work area.
- Communication of Test Results
- Shall follow all established medication policies and procedures. No sample medications shall be provided to patients.
- Discharge education: Provide discharge education and follow up instructions that are coordinated with the next care setting for all GENERAL SURGERY clinical or surgical patients.
BENEFITS: Competitive hourly pay rate, accrued vacation, accrued sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays, 401K opportunity, and healthcare benefits contributions.
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Holiday work, Shift work, Night shift, Rotating shift, Afternoon shift, Weekday work, Monday to Friday, All shifts,