Job Description
Job Description
Salary : 43+ DOE
- Assist in Interventional Radiology procedures as part of a team under the supervision of physicians, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel.
- Help prepare the operating room by setting up surgical instruments and equipment, sterile drapes, and sterile solutions.
- Assist in transportation of patients including preparing the stretcher, identifying the patient with arm band, and transportation patient to the OR.
- Prepares patients for procedures by disinfecting incision sites.
- Assist in transferring patients to post-op to recover after procedures.
- Pass instruments and other sterile supplies to physician(s) during procedures.
- Helps prepare, care for, and dispose of specimens taken for laboratory analysis and helps apply dressings.
- Assist in restocking rooms according to established standards.
- Assist in the preparation and aftercare of equipment and supplies.
- Clean soiled instruments, check for defective items, assemble clean instruments and store in designed areas.
- Maintain logs and documentation relating to proper sterilization procedures.
- Assist in cleanup / turnover of rooms between procedures including :
Bagging soiled linen
Disposing of soiled instruments and salvaged supplies to workroomDisposing of sharps in appropriate receptaclesAssist in raising standards and work performance.Participate in nursing care conferences as a member of the nursing team.
Attend planned meetings.Make suggestions to improve the job and enhance team concepts.Report to supervisor anything happening regarding procedures that are out of the ordinary or contrary to the Centers Nursing and Administrative policies.All staff, including supervisors and managers, are responsible for :Protecting the centers hardware, software, information, and data by complying with its security / privacy policies and procedures and correctly using security technologies.
Using computer terminals and workstations in a manner that protects the security of information they access.Reporting all security / privacy breaches to their supervisors or to the Privacy Officer when their supervisors are unavailable.Maintaining the confidentiality of their password.QUALIFICATIONS :
Current CPR / BLSHigh School Diploma and certificate of completion from an accredited surgical technologist program.EXPERIENCE :
Minimum of one year of experience in a vascular OR, cath lab, or IR suite.