Qualifications: BCLS Certification. 2000 hours Operating Room scrub experience within the last three (3) years and competency scrubbing for all types of surgical procedures (except open heart) or must be a recent graduate of an accredited Surgical Technician program within the last six (6) months. Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.
Preferred Qualifications: Scrub Tech certificate preferred.
Duties: 1. Assists during surgery as member of surgical team by passing instruments and supplies and assisting as directed; recognizes and responds to and assists in acute emergency situations. 2. Conforms to prescribed aseptic techniques required for surgical procedures by scrubbing prior to working in sterile field or area. 3. Completes necessary arrangements of operating room prior to surgical procedures by setting up or laying out instruments, surgical trays, and assembling equipment items as required for particular procedure. 4. Cleans operating room after surgical procedures by removing and disposing of contaminated instruments; disassembling instruments for sterilization required. 5. Maintains and ensures operational readiness of instruments and equipment, departmental supplies and sterilized items. 6. May perform patient care functions such as patient prepping, and operating a variety of electronic equipment as directed. 7. Establishes and maintains courteous, cooperative relations with the public, patients and other staff members. 8. Performs other duties as required such as transports patients and assists in orienting and training of new staff personnel. 9. Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service. Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed. Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting ethics and integrity, reporting non compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulation, accreditation and license requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures. Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures. Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (KP's code of conduct) by maintaining confidentiality, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non compliance, and adhering to applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements, and KP policies and procedures. In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors. EEO: Kaiser Permanente is an EEO/AA Employee.
Notes: This is an on-call position. Employee is guaranteed twenty (20) hours per week but may work up to forty (40) hours per week based on the needs of the department.