Outpatient OR Tech (Certified)
Job ID:
R125138
Shift:
2nd
Full/Part Time:
Full_time
Location:
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center – 4440 W 95th St
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Benefits Eligible:
Yes
Hours Per Week:
40
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
hours are 10:00AM – 6:30 PM. Able to move hours up according to the census of patients. But will still be required to stay if surgeries go over the scheduled time.
Accountabilities:
- Functions in the scrub role on surgical procedures as a member of the surgical team
- Preparation and maintenance of the sterile field
- Participates in maintaining the readiness of the Operating Room
- Maintains professional work environment
- Demonstrates accountability for own self development
Position Requirements:
- Graduate from an accredited Surgical Technologist Program ARC~STSA(CAAHEP~ Commision on Accredidation of Allied Health Education Programs)
- This position will need to recognize the needs and behaviors of a variety of age groups of patients treated, i.e. understand child growth and development, normal patterns of adolescent behavior and look for signs of normal aging prior experience with various age groups is preferred
- Ability to work well with internal and external customers
- Fine motor skills
- Ability to wear a surgical mask and gloves
- Auditory skills which allow incumbent to hear individuals whose speech may be muffled
- CPR certified
- Certified Surgical Technologist certification from the NBSTSA (National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting)
- Ability to work under stressful conditions and in difficult situations
- May be exposed to hazardous materials and life threatening diseases heavy lifting in accordance with DOL definition
- Ability to work rotating shifts and day of the week and take call as needed
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment with established time constraints.
- Ability to communicate with mask on and not facing others.
- Ability to work quickly and accurately
- If position has direct patient care or direct patient contact the following lifting requirement supersedes any previous lifting requirement effective 06/01/2015. Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other associate, when available. Unique patient lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case~by~case basis.
Clinical Services at Advocate Aurora
Advocate Health Care is the largest health system in Illinois and a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. One of the state’s largest private employers, the system serves patients across 11 hospital locations, including two children’s campuses, and more than 250 sites of care. Advocate Health Care, in addition to Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin and Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, is now a part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides nearly $5 billion in annual community benefits.
