About this role
ESSENTIAL DUTIES, TASKS and RESPONSIBILITIES
- Proactively participates as a team member in support of the total surgical process
- Organizes time, equipment, supplies, and personnel to provide effective and efficient case management
- Supervises and directs patient care in the operating/procedure room
- Organizes nursing activities efficiently and effectively
- Delegates activities appropriate to the abilities of available staff members
- Considers cost containment by using supplies economically and by managing efficient turnover time
- Assists with supplies, drugs, and equipment inventories to maintain stock level and availability
- Addresses patient needs specific to the surgical procedure
- Transports patients to or from the operating/procedure room, as needed, observing policies, procedures, and safety
requirements
- Using two patient identifiers, identifies the patient and correct procedure, according to policy and procedures, and
communicates with the healthcare team
- Reviews patient's medical record and needs, to provide continuity of care collaboratively, with other members of the
healthcare team
- Provides comfort and reassurance to patient
- Maintains patient's privacy and dignity
- Verifies planned procedure(s) with patient and discusses plan of care
- Works collaboratively with the healthcare team to prepare the operating/procedure room according to requirements
of patient, physician, and procedure, to include but not be limited to, assembling and providing properly functioning
equipment, supplies, and instruments
- Works collaboratively with the surgical/procedure team to verify sterility and/or high level of disinfection of
instruments and supplies according to policy and procedure
- Handles and logs tissue specimens correctly and accurately according to policy and procedures
- Works collaboratively with healthcare team to ensure physician preference cards are maintained and updated as
needed
- Ensures the appropriate and safe positioning of the patient according to patient needs and planned procedure and
monitors throughout procedure
- Administers medication(s) per order of physician, documents appropriately
- Monitors patient condition and maintains accurate documentation during procedure
- Accurately comprehends and interprets physician orders and direction, following policy and procedures
- Documents medical records and other forms accurately, legibly and in a timely manner, following policies and
procedures
- Works collaboratively with the healthcare team to ensure safe continuity of patient care according to policy and
procedures
- Confirms proper aseptic and sterile techniques are used according to accepted standards of practice
- Monitors and identifies breaks in sterile technique
- Verifies correct site, ensure all radiologic images are present, as applicable
- Performs time out prior to start of procedure, inflation of tourniquet, or incision
- Ensures a correct sponge, needle, sharps, and instrument count (as applicable to the procedure)
- Performs the surgical preparation
- Performs other miscellaneous duties as assigned