Surgery Orthopedic Specialist - Full Time - 80 hrs/pp - Bronson Methodist Hospital

Bronson Healthcare Group•Kalamazoo, MI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Physician, and in accordance with defined policies and procedures for the unit, the Surgery Service Line Specialist provides technical patient care to a defined patient population as assigned by the Registered Nurse or Physician. The Service Line Specialist is responsible for keeping abreast of changes in service line equipment and procedures and implementing change and teaching as indicated for optimal service line services. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served. Duties may include the performance of basic technical skills not requiring licensure, such as, but not limited to Operating Room (OR) cleaning and reset for the next case, gathering equipment, case carts, and positioning aides for the next case, holding extremity for surgical prep, stocking of OR rooms, sub sterile, and specialty carts, helping with positioning patient for spinal anesthesia and surgery, assisting in patient transfers from OR bed to patient bed, trauma room, cardiac room, and neuro room set up, completion of a daily task list including but not limited to stocking carts and equipment, maintaining/stocking in various locations of the department, setting up Mini C-arm, assisting with opening sterile supplies and checking wrappers, surgical scrub of hands, sterile gown and glove, holding retractors during surgery under surgeon guidance, maintaining knowledge of surgical equipment including operating room tables and attachments for the tables, evaluation of equipment for problems, safety and effectiveness, assisting with training new members of the team to service line specific equipment, providing information, direction, and assistance as appropriate to patients and visitors of the unit, providing assistance in the operating room for casting procedures; applying and/or removing splints, casts, etc., obtaining BLS certification by the end of the orientation period and maintaining for duration of employment, communicating effectively both verbally and through writing with all members of the healthcare team, comfortably accepting delegation and negotiating task priorities, social sensitivity and the ability to communicate effectively in delicate situations (i.e., Gift of Life surgeries and during transportation of patients from units to the OR), answering signal lights, pages to assist nursing staff with patient needs, assisting with transporting patients to and from the OR, assisting in the positioning of patients under direction of RN, cleaning OR rooms and transporting supplies and equipment, maintaining a clean and orderly environment, ensuring patient safety and comfort at all times, stocking rooms, scrub sinks and sub sterile, cleaning and maintaining all storage rooms, changing linen on patients bed, assuming responsibility for own growth and development; attending regular staff meetings, communicating in a timely manner with the RN regarding equipment/supply needs, providing skilled technical care according to unit specific and generic structure standards, protocols and procedures, managing incoming tubes from tube station and delivering meds or other items to the RN, meeting Bronsons Standards of Excellence, supporting the goals of the unit and participating in department performance improvement, and following organizational guidelines for effective hand hygiene consistently. The role also involves laser operation.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required.
2 years of direct care experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience for entry-level positions required.
Work which produces levels of mental/visual fatigue which are typical of jobs that perform a wide variety of duties with frequent and significant uncontrollable deadlines.
Work may include the operation of and full attention to a personal computer or CRT up to 40 percent of the time.
Involves regularly lifting of bulky or moderately heavy weights (i.e., up to 50 pounds), and occasionally assisting with heavier tasks or expending the equivalent effort in pushing, pulling, or otherwise handling material, equipment, and other objects.
Obtains BLS certification by the end of the orientation period and maintains for duration of employment

Nice To Haves

Previous OR experience preferred.
Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology and medical terminology preferred.

Responsibilities

Operating Room (OR) cleaning and reset for the next case
Gathering equipment, case carts, and positioning aides for the next case
Holding extremity for surgical prep
Stocking of OR rooms, sub sterile, and specialty carts
Help with positioning patient for spinal anesthesia and surgery
Assist in patient transfers from OR bed to patient bed
Trauma room, Cardiac room, and Neuro room set up
Completion of a daily task list including but not limited to Stocking carts and equipment
Maintain/ stocking in various locations of the department
Setting up Mini C-arm
Assist with opening sterile supplies and checking wrappers
Surgical Scrub of Hands
Sterile gown and glove
Hold retractors during surgery under surgeon guidance
Maintain knowledge of surgical equipment including operating room tables and attachments for the tables
Evaluation of equipment for problems, safety and effectiveness
Assist with training new members of the team to service line specific equipment
Provides information, direction, and assistance as appropriate to patients and visitors of the unit.
Provides assistance in the operating room for casting procedures; applying and/or removing splints, casts, etc.
Must be able to communicate effectively both verbally and through writing with all members of the healthcare team
Must be able to comfortable accept delegation and negotiate task priorities.
Social sensitivity and the ability to communicate effectively in delicate situations (i.e., Gift of Life surgeries and during transportation of patients from units to the OR)
Answers signal lights, pages to assist nursing staff with patient needs
Assists with transporting patients to and from the OR
Assists in the positioning of patients under direction of RN
Cleaning OR rooms and transporting supplies and equipment
Maintains a clean and orderly environment, ensuring patient safety and comfort at all times
Stocks rooms, scrub sinks and sub sterile
Clean and maintain all storage rooms
Change linen on patients bed
Assumes responsibility for own growth and development; attends regular staff meetings
Communicates in a timely manner with the RN regarding equipment/supply needs
Provides skilled technical care according to unit specific and generic structure standards, protocols and procedures
Manages incoming tubes from tube station and deliver meds or other items to the RN
Meets Bronsons Standards of Excellence
Supports the goals of the unit and participates in department performance improvement
Follows organizational guidelines for effective hand hygiene consistently
Laser operator