OB Tech
Company: Methodist Health System
Location: Council Bluffs
Posted on: August 4, 2022
Job Description:
- Purpose of Job
- Allied health professional working as a part of the
interdisciplinary care team in the delivery of the patient s plan
of care, including assisting with OB procedures, providing hands on
patient care and reporting pertinent information to the appropriate
team members. Perform a variety of direct and indirect patient care
duties for patients across the age continuum. Assist providers with
vaginal deliveries, assisting physicians and maintaining a sterile
field during surgical procedures such as cesarean sections and
circumcisions, through consistent application of aseptic
techniques.
- Job Requirements
- Education
- Graduation from an accredited Surgical Technology program
required.
- Completion of first clinical rotation as Nursing Assistant
preferred.
- Successful completion of the 75-hour state approved course for
Nurse Assistant required.
- Will consider high school students 16 years or older who have
completed the above requirements.
- Satisfactory completion of annual mandatory education
requirement.
- Experience
- No previous experience required.
- One year of operating room experience preferred.
- License/Certifications
- Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
Certification required.
- Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) Certification
preferred.
- Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
- Ability to perform mathematical computations.
- Require the ability to understand and carry out instructions,
follow schedules, communicate information, read simple and clear
instructions and complete reports.
- Must be able to collect, record and report patient needs to the
appropriate caregiver.
- Physical Requirements
- Weight Demands
- Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.
- Physical Activity
- Not necessary for the position (0%):
- Climbing
- Crawling
- Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
- Keyboarding/typing
- Kneeling
- Sitting
- Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
- Balancing
- Carrying
- Crouching
- Distinguish colors
- Grasping
- Lifting
- Pulling/Pushing
- Reaching
- Repetitive Motions
- Speaking/talking
- Standing
- Stooping/bending
- Twisting
- Walking
- Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
- Fingering/Touching
- Hearing
- Seeing/Visual
- Job Hazards
- Not Related:
- Explosives (pressurized gas)
- Electrical Shock/Static
- Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat
Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
- Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared
and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or
photochemical means)
- Rare (1-33%):
- Equipment/Machinery/Tools
- Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
- Occasionally (34%-66%):
- Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
- Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses)
(Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
- Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors,
outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
- Essential Job Functions
- Essential Functions I
- Assist with the maintenance and stocking of supplies, checking
for outdated supplies.
- Assist in stocking the nursery supplies.
- Assist in monitoring refrigerator temperatures and warming
device temperatures.
- Exhibits excellent interpersonal relations with patients,
co-workers, physicians, and guests to ensure effective
communications.
- Responds to patient needs promptly and courteously.
- Communicates feedback from patients and visitors regarding
their hospital experience to the appropriate staff.
- Maintains a positive attitude while responding to requests in a
timely and accurate manner.
- Communicates with other members of the health care team (food
service, secretaries, housekeeping, etc.) as indicated.
- Actively participates in report process.
- Consistently recognizes and utilizes measures to provide for
safe, efficient, patient care and work environment.
- Answers Call Lights in a timely manner and response to the
patient request and/or relays request to appropriate resource when
necessary.
- Performs other duties as delegated/under the direction of the
professional staff.
- Assures coverage of all duties when self or other staff are off
the nursing unit.
- Assists other team members when own work is complete.
- Appropriately reports incidents.
- Utilizes Standard Precautions and Transmission-based
Precautions infection control techniques correctly and
consistently.
- Adheres to policies and procedures.
- Maintains patient nutritional status by completing all
intake/output activities in a timely and accurate manner to promote
customer satisfaction.
- Feeds patients as necessary.
- Records liquid and solid intake.
- Records intake accurately for calculation of calorie
count.
- Records output.
- Documents all data collected, in Cerner and/or on worksheets,
accurately, completely, and in a timely manner to provide an
accurate record of patient activities and response to activities.
- Documentation is completed in an ongoing basis prior to end of
shift.
- Documentation reflects care delivered.
- Provides housekeeping activities to contribute to a safe,
efficient, effective and sanitary patient care environment.
- Keep rooms neat and tidy, free of clutter.
- Removes trash and soiled linen from room each shift and as
needed.
- Maintains patient environment, such as spills and room
temperature, or actively utilizes Integrated Services team to do so
properly.
- Distributes linens to servidors per par levels.
- Straightens and restocks patient care areas per par
levels.
- Attends to patient amenities; e.g., newspapers, mail.
- Monitors Nourishment Center supplies and maintains a sanitary
environment.
- Assist in setting up sterile procedures outside of the
operating room.
- Assist in setting up vaginal delivery table.
- Assist in setting up for cesarean sections.
- Performs preoperative preparation.
- Reviews physician preference list before operative procedure
and assembles supplies and equipment needed for procedure.
- Opens sterile supplies using sterile technique.
- Transfers medications and solutions to the sterile field
according to policy.
- Communicates clearly and collaborates with other members of the
perioperative team to prepare operative procedure.
- Demonstrates advanced knowledge and proficient practice in the
first scrub role in complex cases.
- Functions as scrub person during operative procedure by
preparing, monitoring, and maintaining a sterile field.
- Completing surgical scrub according to policy.
- Performs scrub duties in an accurate, concise and timely
manner.
- Wears appropriate personal protective apparel (PPA) and follows
standard and policy for attire in the operating room.
- Organizes and maintains sterile instruments and supplies in
organized manner.
- Performs counts according to facility policy and procedure
during procedure and hand-off situations.
- Assisting with draping sterile field according to
standard.
- Watches progress of the operation and anticipates needs of team
members.
- Disassembles instruments and equipment, transports to
processing department.
- Assists with cleaning room and prepares for subsequent
procedure.
- Applies base knowledge and principles during operative
procedure (Intraoperative Surgical).
- Base knowledge of anatomy and physiology, medical terminology,
microbiology and pharmacology for optimal surgical patient
care.
- Principles of computer science, electricity and robotics as
needed for surgical patient care.
- Principles of sterile technique during the surgical
procedure.
- Follows policy and procedure for Intraoperative Surgical
procedures.
- Participates in surgical time-out, fire risk assessment, and
case summary for each operative procedure.
- Identifies labels and handles specimens including hand-off
situations and disposition of specimen.
- Demonstrates collegiality and leadership qualities.
- Demonstrates awareness of, and participation in performance
improvement activities.
- Reports potential performance improvement problems, to
coordinators, core nurse and service leader, assists in problem
solving.
- Maintains compliance with department call requirements, adjusts
hours to meet patient services.
- Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the
customer/patient, to ensure understanding and comfort level of
treatment as outlined in the Population Specific Criteria.
- Demonstrates ability to identify opportunities for and give
individualized customer service/patient care according to
customer/patient needs. ..... click apply for full job details
Keywords: Methodist Health System, Council Bluffs , OB Tech, Healthcare , Council Bluffs, Iowa
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