Scrub Tech

Job Responsibilities:

Basic Patient Care

• Provides care to the surgical patient, including but not limited to surgical prep and foley insertion.
• Performs procedures on a unit as described on the competency checklist
• Performs high quality care based on hospital and department quality measures
• Performs nurse tech duties for the entire unit between deliveries

Organizational of Unit Activities

• Keeps work area and patient areas neat and stocks supplies as needed
• Assists the circulator in making sure all relevant equipment is available for the anticipated procedure.
• Maintain cesarean OR supplies and inventory
• Coordinate drop off and pick up of delivery instruments with sterile processing

Reports Patient Findings

• Keeps work area and patient areas neat and stocks supplies as needed
• Communicates to the circulator of all specimens removed from the field per physician
• Provides knowledge of instrumentation to the team and troubleshooting techniques when needed

Documentation

• Plans individualized patient care according to procedure and age specifics
• Identifies needs including supplies, instrumentation and equipment when items are unavailable
• Verify, receive, mix and report all medications administered on the sterile field.
• Attend all deliveries and assist the Provider as needed.

Preparation for the anticipated procedures includes:

• Review of preference card, pulling designated equipment, setting up the sterile field, maintaining aseptic technique throughout the procedure.
• Assemble and maintain retractors, prepare, pass and cut suture materials as directed by the surgeon.
• Picking cases for the next day's schedule as needed
• Delivery table set up and broken down

Education Required:
• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Certificate Program
• Graduated from an accreted Surgical Technical Program

License, Certification, Etc:
• CST
• BLS