Surgical Support Technician/Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)

Overview

Full-time, benefitted position working 72 - 80 hours per two week pay period. Days of work are Monday - Friday with hours from 8:30am - 5:00pm.

Under the supervision of the OR charge nurse or designee, the surgery support tech assists in planning, organizing, and facilitating the surgery schedule. Other key responsibilities are assisting the PAN (pre-admission nurse with chart preparation in the form of document collection, assisting in transporting, OR room turnover, and functioning as the department receptionist. Excellent customer service skills are essential in this high profile position. Effective 3/1/2010 must be eligible for the North Dakota Board of Nursing Registry.

Responsibilities

• Receives requests for scheduling surgical procedures in the Operating Room.
• Understands and performs scheduling functions in the Epic Optime module.
• Answers telephone, takes and communicates messages to the appropriate persons.
• Performs clerical duties related to patient charges, surgery schedule updates, update call list on core and delivers information to the proper departments as necessary.
• Performs clerical duties related to typing, photocopying, Time and Attendance, filing, and weekly staff assignments.
• Orders clerical and office supplies; receives and places items in their proper storage area. Assists with chart preparation
• Assists with transferring and transporting surgical patients of all ages as requested by the nursing and anesthesia staff.
• Works with OR charge nurse on plan ahead meeting prep and daily metric recording.
• Works with PAN nurse to coordinate documents needed for surgery or procedure.
• Assists with patients and visitors of all ages in the nursing unit as needed.
• Assists in orientation of new staff.
• Collects and transports specimens to the appropriate departments.
• Collects linen and disposes of trash to designated areas.
• Helps with OR room turnovers, cleaning equipment, mopping floors, docking Neptune, collecting trash and linen, and returning contaminated instruments to decontamination area.
• Helps turning over anesthesia work area, wiping anesthesia machine and work station and disposing of trash and linen.
• Helps with OR room set up, changing and gathering needed equipment and supplies, opens sterile supplies as directed.

Qualifications

Work requires in addition to skills normally acquired through a high school education, vocational

training for a period of six months or less which may

be obtained in high school or outside of school.

Vocational preparation shall include typing at 50

words per minute, knowledge and proficiency in Microsoft office is required. Work requires

level of knowledge in order to follow written and

oral instructions, perform simple calculations to deal

effectively with other people. Medical terminology is required. Core education preparation should be that of a medical assistant or CNA. Must be eligible for the ND Department of Health Registry or active C.N.A. certification.