Operating Room Tech Job in Clackamas, Oregon Us

The Surgical Technologist performs in the scrub role during surgical procedures coordinates other activities w/ other Operating Room professionals.
Essential Functions:
- Complies w/ shift, unit organizational policies procedures including reliability attendance standards. Monitors takes corrective action to prevent recurring absences. Returns promptly from breaks schedules them to provide adequate coverage. Restricts personal business to non-patient care areas during break times.
- Complies w/ Kaiser's Time Keeping Policy to accurately reflect productive time worked.
- Takes responsibility to keep informed of organizational policies current information as provided by employer through multiple avenues.
- Complies w/ contractual responsibilities related to work schedule.
- Participates in unit Quality Assurance Programs.
- Maintains current knowledge skill base w/ personal commitment to continuous learning professional development.
- Utilizes professional communication techniques.
- Maintains confidentiality of all patient organizational records. (HIPPA Standards).
- Promotes collaboration professional interaction w/ the health care team.
- Promotes professional conduct, knows complies w/ department Standards of Behavior.
- Promotes utilizes professional communication techniques.
- Attends in-service related to job description as appropriate. Demonstrates awareness of new concepts skills.
- Attends constructively participates in staff meetings. Demonstrates awareness of new information posted in the communication notebook.
- Communicates information so that continuity of care is maintained.
- Communicates w/ patient, family other staff in a professional courteous manner.
- Needed to provide appropriate population based culturally sensitive care to patients families through education, training experience.
- Participates in accurate pre-operative briefing time out.
- Provides continuous reassessment through the intra operative period.
- Utilizes knowledge of type of procedure to plan for appropriate set up.
- Provide age appropriate care to patients through education, training experience.
- Initiates appropriate measures based on protocol for the management of the intra- operative patient.
- Applies principles of aseptic technique.
- Evaluates sterile packs supplies.
- Provides a well organized sterile area. Is aware of procedure's progression anticipates the needs of the team, observing sterile technique at all times.
- Performs all necessary procedures correctly to ensure patient safety intra operatively.
- Applies assists w/ the principles of correct body alignment in positioning transferring patients.
- Examines unused equipment instruments for gross contamination transports covered used instruments to utility room.
- Responsible for sterile core activities, able to prioritize duties: Completion of picking case carts, restocking, reordering supplies as needed, assisting w/ Operating Room needs as necessary.
- Assists w/ appropriate measures in emergency situations.
- Assists Circulator in preparation for the next scheduled case.
- Initiates facilitates room turnovers: Light housekeeping duties, procurement of equipment, supplies X-Rays. Restocking of unused supplies equipment.
- Participates in the reprocessing process.

Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- 1-2 years scrubbing experience and/or finished practicum in an inpatient or ambulatory O.R. setting involving scrubbing experience and able to scrub all surgical procedures.
- Graduate of an accredited School of Surgical Technology.
- BLS w/ AED certification
- 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
- 3-5 years scrubbing experience in all surgical procedures in inpatient or ambulatory O.R. setting
- Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)
- Ability to rotate through sterile core area. Clean and reprocess instruments, stock supplies, and pick case carts.
Salary Range $22.46-$26.65