Senior CVOR Surgical Technologist

HH MedStar Health Inc.•Washington, DC

58d•$32 - $54

About The Position

General Summary of Position Oversees assigned area or shift of Operating Room Services. Monitors functions and activities and participates in quality assurance committee and activities.

Requirements

Associate's degree required or Higher level degree or equivalent training required
Knowledge should be focused in hospital operations management nursing and/or sterile processing techniques.
3 to 5 years experience required
CST - Certified Surgical Technologist (and registration) required

Responsibilities

Plans and determines appropriate levels of supplies instruments and equipment for assigned specialty areas.
Participates in developing and improving policies and procedures.
Enforces hospital and department policies and procedures.
Communicates with director or clinical manager orally and in daily written reports giving information on unit operations department progress unresolved problems personnel issues instrument cart and supply problems and special needs.
Oversees ancillary in conjunction with Nursing staff within service specialty area and monitors operating room services functions.
May on occasion assist and monitor team leaders and staff in high risk areas due to contamination by OR exposure to body fluids jobs of decontaminating sterilizing and wrapping of supplies sets.
Ensures sterile instruments and supplies with no cross-contamination are available for OR's and clinics.
Assists in establishing and maintaining production standards and containing costs through efficient use of staff and care of equipment
Oversees staff on assigned shift.
Sets work priorities schedules reassigns staff and directs workloads makes or directs daily work assignments completes rounds to monitor and assigns and controls employee overtime work.
Evaluates performance counsels and disciplines identifies personnel problems and reports same to director.
Monitors and ensures proper functioning and repair of all equipment including biological sterilizers and maintains records on each as appropriate.
Sets up and directs daily maintenance of the inventory control system and accounting charges for inventory used.
Designs and maintains a current and accurate catalogue of supplies.
Keeps all necessary records updated monitors supply levels and initiates orders for supplies instruments and utensils.
Assists and monitors staff in properly completing all inventory sheets and recording all accounting charges for used inventory.
Participates in ORS department quality assurance committee and activities.
Maintains communication with user departments provides information on aseptic technique and other SPD needs meets with charge personnel to discuss problems and formulate appropriate corrective actions.
Initiates and directs periodic area or shift staff conferences to devise appropriate actions to correct work flow problems.
Assists in ORS new employee orientation and on-the-job training in ORS/SPD policies and procedures.
Teaches and attends in-service training courses.
Participates in staff continuing education by assisting the clinical instructor in planning and teaching in-service training courses.
Attends workshops seminars and in-service courses on current state-of-the art ORS techniques.
Conducts unit meetings to disseminate pertinent information to staff.
Maintains current knowledge of technical and business developments and communicates relevant information to the work group.
May on occasion assume the surgical technologist role.