• Decision making concerning equipment and/or instrumentation sterilization.
• Bio hazardous waste disposal.
• Housekeeping duties.
• Patient care and patient flow.
• Complies with hospital practice standards regarding competent performance duties.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Creates a safe environment in which surgery may take place.
• Uses medical equipment in a safe manner.
• Helps provide cost effective patient care.
• Implements principles of medical and surgical asepsis in accordance with recognized national standards and hospital specific policies and procedures.
• Provides physical safety for the patient.
• Accounts for sponges, needles, instruments, and other potential foreign bodies.
• Supports other hospital personnel in the performance of their duties.
• Assists surgeon in scrubbed cases.
• Pulls supplies for upcoming cases.
• Demonstrates cooperative work attitude towards and with coworkers, employees, management, patients, visitors and physicians.
• Maintains a safe work environment in compliance with OSHA guidelines and infection control standards.
• Demonstrates knowledge of Instrument Processing from decontamination to storage of sterile packages.
• Checks room for cleanliness, availability of supplies and equipment for all assigned cases at the beginning of each day.
• Utilizes surgeon preference card to select packs, supplies and instruments.
• Performs surgical hand scrub and dons sterile gown and gloves according to gowning and gloving policy.
• Maintains proper sterile technique when gowning and gloving surgeon and draping patient.
• Performs sponge, instrument, and needle counts according to count policy.
• Handles specimen per established policy.
• Transports instruments to decontamination area utilizing appropriate technique and in compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Puts unused sterile supplies and instruments away at the end of the day.
• Restocks operating rooms to established PAR levels.
• Adheres to attendance, punctuality, meal and break time period policies.
• Completes work in an acceptable time frame and in an independent manner.
• Carries out assigned duties in an effective, productive, and efficient manner.
• Demonstrates a positive “can do” attitude.
• Willingness to adjust personal schedule periodically as workload fluctuates and as department needs require.
• Attends 100% of department meetings or documents review of materials presented.
• Functions as a team member following the rules of engagement of the department and hospital.
• Communicates information about customers or other employees only as necessary to conduct hospital related business.
• Adheres to strictest confidentiality in dealing with patients, families, hospital personnel, and the public.
• Keeps supervisor apprised of work progress.
• Has a proactive attitude about problem resolution.
• Anticipates customers’ needs and provides for them as quickly as possible.
• Models core values to co-workers continuously.
• Follows hospital and departmental safety policies and procedures.
• Reports unsafe situations to supervisor.
• Adheres to hospital and departmental dress code.
• Wears name badge at all times.
• Demonstrates knowledge of hospital wide emergency management codes and plans.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and participation in hospital performance improvement program, infection control program and risk management program.
• Demonstrates knowledge of cultural, spiritual, and aged related consideration when interacting/caring for patients.
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