Turnover Tech Team, Surgery, 3p-11p

Transporting Patients:

• Transports patients from nursing units to the holding preanesthesia unit ( PAU )
• Assist the circulating nurse to transport patients from PAU to the O.R
  Transports Specimens:
• Transports specimens to the lab and delivers blood products from the blood bank to the O.R. according to established policies and procedures
  Transports Sterile Supplies/Equipment:
• Transports sterilized trays, instruments and equipment to assigned OR rooms as needed
• Inspecting sterile package integrity, storage conditions and equipment for possible damage that would decrease its ability to perform needed functions
  Transports Potential Radioactive Supplies:
• Transports supplies  and bio hazard trash to and from the appropriate area designed for radioactive contamination
  Environmental Duties:
• Assists in cleaning assigned OR rooms during the turn over process
• Mopping floor, and/or wiping down surgical bed, equipment, including trash removal
  Assist OR Team:
• Assists OR team in preparing for surgical cases
• Opens sterile supplies including disposables and surgical trays pertinent to OR procedure
• Making O.R. bed
• Positioning patient, holding extremities, setting up equipment to increase OR room utilization
  Monitor Traffic:
• Help limit traffic in and out of O.R. rooms to cut down potential contamination of sterile environment.
  Shave Preps:
• Performs preoperative shave preps as needed, according to policy and procedure.
  Education:
• Attends required in-services, annual review and educational programs/training
  Regulatory:
• Adheres to NMHS/NMMC Policies/Procedures/Guidelines
• Complies with applicable Local/State/Federal policies/procedures/guideline/regulations/laws/statues
  Requirements:
• High School graduate or equivalent required
• American Heart Association (AHA) CPR certification at HCP Level; required
• Three months of orientation/training depending on experience
• Orientation/training will include aseptic techniques, safety, transporting patients, shave preps, OR process, knowledge of supplies and trays, Surgical procedures, environmental process and standard precautions
• Good written and verbal communication required
• Interaction with a patient population of all ages ranging from neonates to geriatrics, required