Participates with the Health Care Team in delivering quality health care to patients in a manner which reflects Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision, and values while supporting the Labor Management Partnership (LMP) principles and practice. Participates in creating a high-performance culture based on a joint decision-making process in accordance with the Labor Management Partnership Vision Reaffirmation and Understandings Booklet. Provides support and assistance to the patient and Health Care team to promote population-based care, continuity of care, customer satisfaction, and self-care. Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills with a caring, courteous, flexible, supportive, respectful, open minded, appreciative attitude that is committed to a team environment. The Surgical Technologist performs in the scrub role during surgical procedures and coordinates other activities with other OR professionals.

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• Practice standards of performance:
  
  
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  • Complies with shift, unit and organizational policies and procedures including reliability and attendance standards.
    
    
  • Monitors and takes corrective action to prevent recurring absences.
    
    
  • Returns promptly from breaks and schedules them to provide adequate coverage.
    
    
  • Restricts personal business to non-patient care areas during break times.
    
    
  • Complies with Kaisers Time Keeping Policy to accurately reflect productive time worked.
    
    
  • Takes responsibility to keep informed of organizational policies and current information as provided by employer through multiple avenues.
    
    
  • Complies with contractual responsibilities related to work schedule.
    
    
  • Participates in unit Quality Assurance Programs.
    
    
  • Maintains current knowledge and skill base with personal commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
    
    
  • Utilizes professional communication techniques.
    
    
  • Maintains confidentiality of all patient and organizational records. (HIPPA Standards).
    
    
  • Promotes collaboration and professional interaction with the health care team.
    
    
  • Promotes professional conduct, knows and complies with department Standards of Behavior. (group norms)
    
    
  • Promotes and utilizes professional communication techniques.
    
    
  • Attends inservices related to job description as appropriate.
    
    
  • Demonstrates awareness of new concepts and skills.
    
    
  • Attends and constructively participates in staff meetings.
    
    
  • Demonstrates awareness of new information posted in the communication notebook.
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
• Assessment Standard of Performance:
  
  
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  • Communicates information so that continuity of care is maintained.
    
    
  • Communicates with patient, family and other staff in a professional and courteous manner.
    
    
  • Obtains and demonstrates the skills and knowledge needed to provide appropriate population based and culturally sensitive care to patients and families through education, training and experience.
    
    
  • Participates in accurate pre-operative briefing and time out.
    
    
  • Provides continuous reassessment through the intra operative period.
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
• Planning Standard of Performance:
  
  
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  • Utilizes knowledge of type of procedure to plan for appropriate set up.
    
    
  • Obtains and demonstrates the skills and knowledge needed to provide age appropriate care to patients through education, training and experience.
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
• Implementation Standard of Performance:
  
  
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  • Initiates appropriate measures based on protocol for the management of the intra- operative patient.
    
    
  • Applies principles of aseptic technique.
    
    
  • Evaluates sterile packs and supplies.
    
    
  • Provides a well organized sterile area. Is aware of procedures progression and anticipates the needs of the team, observing sterile technique at all times.
    
    
  • Performs all necessary procedures correctly to ensure patient safety intra operatively.
    
    
  • Applies and assists with the principles of correct body alignment in positioning and transferring patients.
    
    
  • Examines unused equipment and instruments for gross contamination and transports covered used instruments to utility room.
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
• Responsible for sterile core activities, able to prioritize duties:
  
  
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  • Completion of picking case carts, restocking, reordering supplies as needed, assisting with O.R. room needs as necessary.
    
    
  • Assists with appropriate measures in emergency situations.
    
    
  • Works in conjunction with Circulator in preparation for the next scheduled case.
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
• Initiates and facilitates room turnovers:
  
  
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  • Light housekeeping duties, procurement of equipment, supplies and X-Rays.
    
    
  • Restocking of unused supplies and equipment.
    
    
  • Participates in the reprocessing process.
    
    
  
  
  
  
  

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• Graduate of an accredited School of Surgical Technology.
  
  

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• Surgical Technologist Certificate required at hire
  
  

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• Basic Life Support required at hire
  
  

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• Knowledge of sterile core area.
  
  
• Knowledge of sterile technique; operating room procedures and equipment; dexterity with hands; effective relationships with people; ability to exercise good judgment and discipline.
  
  
• Able to follow instruction.
  
  

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• Demonstrates an ability to perform all duties required of a Surgical Technologist in accordance with established procedures in completion of skills check