Perioperative Core Technician, 40 Hours, Days

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Schedule Details:

Monday through Friday, On Call - Required, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)

Scheduled Hours:

Variable start times

Shift:

1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

40

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

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We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

I. Major Responsibilities:

1.Prepares OR case cart set-up with surgical instruments, power equipment, implant systems and other supplies using physician preference cards. Stages case carts by the designated OR suite upon completion. Verifies all case carts have been accounted for and complete with the OR charge nurse.

2.Acts as the front-line liaison between the OR, Anesthesia staff, Materials Management and Central Sterile staff. Anticipates and resolves instrument and supply related problems.

3.Exercises excellent judgment in determining which problems should be quickly referred to the charge nurse, perioperative operations coordinator, or manager. Reports and removes malfunctioning equipment, tags immediately, and communicates with the charge nurse and perioperative operations coordinator.

4.Must be familiar with the location of all supplies (including anesthesia supplies), equipment, and instrumentation in the core and specialty carts throughout the department. Ensures these items are returned to the appropriate location after use.

5.Reviews surgery schedule and coordinates the priority reprocessing of surgical instrument trays and single items needed for efficient turn-over between cases.

6.Provides additional instruments, sutures, equipment, and supplies (not included in the preference card) to the OR as needed during surgical procedures as requested.

7.Assists with restocking, maintaining, and replacement of OR and anesthesia supplies and surgical instruments on a daily basis to ensure the availability during surgical procedures.

8.Ensures OR rooms turnover occurs directly following the procedure and is completed within 15 minutes according to the perioperative policy/procedure guidelines.

9.Monitors, tests, and documents OR equipment and anesthesia equipment according to the OR policy procedure.

10. Utilizes standard precautions and adheres to the principles of infection control in all aspects of the technician role related to room cleaning, turn-over, and decontamination of surgical instruments.

11. Decontaminates, assembles, and packages all instruments following established protocols and guidelines.

12. Cleans and sterilizes surgical instruments, anesthesia and reusable equipment according to OR policy/procedure as needed and applying knowledge of sterile technique.

13. Responds to critical and emergency situations in a calm, efficient manner following direction given by charge nurse or designee.

14. Assists with patient positioning and transfers bed/stretcher to OR table.

15. Initiates, completes documentation, and maintains medical records, physician orders, transcription, and departmental logs with accuracy in a timely manner.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:

1.Complies with established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives.

2.Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.

3.Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.

4.Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.

5.Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.

6.Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.

7.Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

1.High School diploma or equivalent

2.Successful completion of an accredited instrument technician program

Preferred:

1.Instrument Technologist or Specialist Certification

Experience/Skills:

Required:

1.Knowledge of medical terminology

2.Knowledge of surgical equipment, instrumentation function, patient related supplies, and materials

3.Thorough knowledge of the principles of aseptic and sterilization techniques

4.Mechanical aptitude and the ability to break down moving parts, clean, reassemble, and problem solve incomplete and missing instrumentation

5.Knowledge of computers and the ability to learn software applications

6.Strong attention to detail

7.Must be able to function effectively with frequent interruption and changing priorities

8.Ability to read, write and speak clearly in English

Preferred:

1.Prior experience in a patient care environment or sterile processing

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:

Work is considered sedentary. Position requires work indoors in a normal office environment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are:

Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.