Operating Room Tech: Surgical Support & Patient Care

Northwestern Medicine; Lake Forest (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

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Job summary

Northwestern Medicine is seeking an OB Tech to support the OR team under RN/physician supervision. You will assist with patient care, specimen collection, vital signs, and post-procedure tasks in a fast-paced operating room environment.

Responsibilities include instrument prep, sterile technique, patient transport, and collaboration with surgery staff. NC/BSL certification and IL CNA registry listing are required; CST preferred.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• CNA certification from an accredited program and listed on IL CNA Registry; BLS certification.
• BLS through American Heart Association.
• Certified Surgical Technologist (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of clinical functions, under the direction of the RN or physician that provide support to patients and staff.
• Collects urine, stool and sputum specimens.
• Assists patients with bathing and oral hygiene.
• Obtains and records vital signs and daily weight.
• Informs RN regularly regarding the status of patients.
• Prepares and positions patients for meals; feeds patients as necessary.
• Assists with patient ambulation and positioning; assists with comfort activities.
• Assists RN or physician with minor procedures.
• Responds to emergencies seeking appropriate personnel for specific interventions.
• Disconnects IV or Heplock.
• Assists with postmortem care.
• Arranges equipment, supplies and instruments in the operating room.
• Assembles routine and specialty instruments for operative procedures according to operating room standards and physician preference cards.
• Organizes instruments according to specialty.
• Cleans and sterilizes instruments as needed.
• Labels all supplies on the tray.
• Informs appropriate personnel when instruments or equipment are insufficient to meet the needs of the operative schedule.
• Participates in surgical procedures.
• Assists team members with placing and positioning patient on the table.
• Hands instruments and supplies to surgeon.
• Preserves OR specimens.
• Accounts for all sponges, needles and instruments before and after operation.
• Performs various related tasks to facilitate patient care.
• Transports patients to and from radiology for diagnostic testing.
• Transports blood and blood components to the laboratory.
• Assists with patient admissions, discharges and transfers; orients patient to environment and hospital services.
• Transports patients, belongings and equipment.
• Assists in newborn nursery with responsibilities of: transporting babies in open cribs to and from patient rooms; changing diapers; drawing blood from babies via heel sticks; weighing babies on open scales; emptying linen and garbage to chutes from newborn nursery and special care nursery; bilimeter testing of all newborns; assist with set-up and clean up of circumcision procedure.

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Northwestern Medicine is seeking an OB Tech to support the OR team under RN/physician supervision. You will assist with patient care, specimen collection, vital signs, and post-procedure tasks in a fast-paced operating room environment.

Responsibilities include instrument prep, sterile technique, patient transport, and collaboration with surgery staff. NC/BSL certification and IL CNA registry listing are required; CST preferred.