Job Summary: Participates with the Health Care Team in delivering quality health care to patients in a manner which reflects Kaiser Permanentes mission, vision, and values while supporting the Labor Management Partnership (LMP) principles and practice. Participates in creating a high-performance culture based on a joint decision making process in accordance with the Labor Management Partnership Vision Reaffirmation and Understandings Booklet. Provides support and assistance to the patient and Health Care team to promote population-based care, continuity of care, customer satisfaction, and self-care. Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills with a caring, courteous, flexible, supportive, respectful, open-minded, appreciative attitude that is committed to a team environment. The Surgical Technologist performs in the scrub role during surgical procedures and coordinates other activities with other OR professionals.
Essential Responsibilities:
• Practice standards of performance: • Complies with shift, unit and organizational policies and procedures including reliability and attendance standards. • Monitors and takes corrective action to prevent recurring absences. • Returns promptly from breaks and schedules them to provide adequate coverage. • Restricts personal business to non-patient care areas during break times. • Complies with Kaisers Time Keeping Policy to accurately reflect productive time worked. • Takes responsibility to keep informed of organizational policies and current information as provided by employer through multiple avenues. • Complies with contractual responsibilities related to work schedule. • Participates in unit Quality Assurance Programs. • Maintains current knowledge and skill base with personal commitment to continuous learning and professional development. • Utilizes professional communication techniques. • Maintains confidentiality of all patient and organizational records. (HIPPA Standards). • Promotes collaboration and professional interaction with the health care team. • Promotes professional conduct, knows and complies with department Standards of Behavior. (group norms) • Promotes and utilizes professional communication techniques. • Attends inservices related to job description as appropriate. • Demonstrates awareness of new concepts and skills. • Attends and constructively participates in staff meetings. • Demonstrates awareness of new information posted in the communication notebook.
Assessment Standard of Performance:
• Communicates information so that continuity of care is maintained. • Communicates with patient, family and other staff in a professional and courteous manner. • Obtains and demonstrates the skills and knowledge needed to provide appropriate population-based and culturally sensitive care to patients and families through education, training, and experience. • Participates in accurate pre-operative briefing and time out. • Provides continuous reassessment through the intra-operative period.
Planning Standard of Performance:
• Utilizes knowledge of type of procedure to plan for appropriate set up. • Obtains and demonstrates the skills and knowledge needed to provide age-appropriate care to patients through education, training, and experience.
Implementation Standard of Performance:
• Initiates appropriate measures based on protocol for the management of the intra-operative patient. • Applies principles of aseptic technique. • Evaluates sterile packs and supplies. • Provides a well-organized sterile area. • Is aware of procedures progression and anticipates the needs of the team, observing sterile technique at all times. • Performs all necessary procedures correctly to ensure patient safety intra-operatively. • Applies and assists with the principles of correct body alignment in positioning and transferring patients. • Examines unused equipment and instruments for gross contamination and 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 with O.R. room needs as necessary. • Assists with appropriate measures in emergency situations. • Works in conjunction with Circulator in preparation for the next scheduled case. • Initiates and facilitates room turnovers: Light housekeeping duties, procurement of equipment, supplies, and X-Rays. • Restocking of unused supplies and equipment. • Participates in the reprocessing process.