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Job Summary:Under the direction and supervision of the Specialty Coordinator/Registered Nurse, this position provides assistance to nursing staff by communicating changes in patient status and preparing the Operating Room (OR) rooms with necessary equipment.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with the care team in the formation of the patient’s plan of care to achieve desired outcomes for the patient based on physician preference cards, current assessment findings, diagnostic reports, and standards of care/practice.
- Communicates safe therapeutic care for patient throughout the patient’s perioperative experience.
- Maintains and cares for equipment and supplies. Prepares OR rooms with appropriate instruments, sutures, supplies, and equipment. Follows aseptic technique in opening sterile supplies and during set up for procedures.
- Drapes patients and assists the surgical team during operative procedures.
- Assists in turnover of room between cases.
- Provides input for changes to physician preference cards according to surgeon's request.
- Maintains a safe and orderly environment.
- Participates in hospital wide infection control plan and quality improvement process.
- Demonstrates effective communication, customer service, and team building skills.
- Accepts responsibility for professional growth and development.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- High School diploma or GED required.
- AHA BLS Provider CPR required at hire
- Clinical education and/or experience must meet one of the following criteria:
- a. Graduate of an approved formal program to include one of the following: OR Technology, Surgical Scrub Tech, or Surgical Technology (six months experience preferred)
- b. Licensed Practical Nurse eligible to practice in Virginia with one year operating room experience
- c. Trained Scrub/Operating Room Tech with a minimum of seven (7) years hospital operating room experience
- Must become a Certified Surgical Technologist within 6 months of hire.
- Effective December 2021, registration with the Virginia Board of Medicine as a Surgical Technologist required.
As an EOE/AA employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or GED
- AHA BLS Provider CPR certification at hire
- Graduate of an approved OR Technology, Surgical Scrub Tech, or Surgical Technology program
- Six months of experience for graduates of an approved surgical technology program
- Licensed Practical Nurse eligible to practice in Virginia with one year of operating room experience
- Trained Scrub or Operating Room Technician with at least seven years of hospital operating room experience
- Become a Certified Surgical Technologist within six months of hire
- Registration with the Virginia Board of Medicine as a Surgical Technologist
What We Do
Mary Washington Healthcare is a nonprofit regional health system based in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Founded as an eight-room hospital in 1899, it has grown into a system comprising two hospitals, four emergency departments, and more than 80 healthcare facilities and wellness services. Its mission is to improve the health of people in the communities it serves, delivering hospital, emergency, outpatient, and other wellness services across the region.
