OB Tech

Company: Catholic Health Initiatives
Location: Council Bluffs
Posted on: August 4, 2022

Job Description:

**OB Tech**CHI Health Mercy Council BluffsCouncil Bluffs, Iowa**Requisition ID** 2022-254245 **Employment Type** PRN **Department** Obstetrics/Gynecology **Hours/Pay Period** .01 **Shift** Varies **Weekly Schedule** Variable shifts available: 6:30am-7pm, 6:30pm-7am, 3pm-11pm, must work 36 hours every 6 weeks **Remote** No **Category** Technician**Overview**As our OB Technician atCHI Health's Mercy Hospital, you'll prepare the operating room for a variety of surgeries in our Labor and Delivery unit. We can't operate without you.Our operating room (OR) runs as a team; every person on the team has an important role that directly impacts the patient. Your success in this role comes from your adaptability and enthusiasm to work with a team ensuring patient needs and safety are top priority.**About Us**At CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs patients are at the heart of our care. Our campus is designed to heal the body, mind, and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services include a new pavilion featuring enhancements in heart and vascular care, surgery, maternity, cancer care and diagnostic imaging.Mercy Hospital's Labor and Delivery is an eleven birthing bed unit. We have a team of nurses, midwives, Family Medicine, OB/GYN physicians and MFM caring for normal to high risk pregnancies. We care for OB patients that need cardiac monitoring and higher risk evaluation. We deliver approximately 400-500 babies a year and are part of CommonSpirit Health which operates 139 hospitals and more than 1,000 care sites across 21 states, making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents.If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us.**Responsibilities****What You'll Do**+ Assist in the admission, discharge, and transfer process of patients.+ Set up tables, instruments, and supplies required for cesarean sections, vaginal deliveries, and circumcisions; maintaining sterile technique.+ Respond to patient calls, anticipate their needs, and assure their safety and comfort through regular rounds, environmental maintenance and other appropriate safety measures.+ Maintain appropriate stock and equipment inventories in the department and patient rooms.+ Assist in the preparation and draping of patient and operative area. Prepare, pass, and maintain a correct count of instruments, sutures, sponges, and supplies utilized during the operative procedure.+ Maintain surgical instruments by ensuring proper washing, packaging, sterilization, and storage.**Qualifications****We are offering a** **$5,000 Sign on bonus** **to new hires who meet the following eligibility requirements.**+ BLS (Basic Life Support) from the American Heart Association required upon hire.+ CNA or Surgical Technologist certification,required+ Experience in a surgical or acute care setting, preferred.While you're busy impacting the healthcare industry, we'll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, and more!\#CHIMercyCB**Equal Opportunity**CommonSpirit Health--- is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed toa diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered foremployment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genderidentity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status,ancestry, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protectedby law. For more information about your EEO rights as an applicant,pleaseclick here. (https://tbcdn.talentbrew.com/company/35300/img/v1\_0/EEOLawPoster.pdf)CommonSpirit Health--- will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).External hires must pass a post-offer, pre-employment background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with an arrest and/or conviction will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, ban the box laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by telephone at (415) 438-5575 and let us know the nature of your request. We will only respond to messages left that involve a request for a reasonable accommodation in the application process. We will accommodate the needs of any qualified candidate who requests a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).CommonSpirit Health--- participates in E-Verify.

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