Job Description
Description:
RESPONSIBLE FOR:
Responsible for handling the instruments,
supplies, and equipment necessary during the obstetrical operations
performed in the Operating Room located in the Labor and Delivery
unit. He/she has an understanding of the procedure being performed
and anticipates the needs of the surgeon. He/she has the necessary
knowledge and ability to ensure quality patient care during the
operative procedure and is constantly on vigil for maintenance of
the sterile field. Performs patient care duties under the direction
of a registered nurse.
Qualifications:
MINIMUM EDUCATION
REQUIRED: High School diploma or GED
equivalent.
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED: Graduate from a Surgical Technologist
training program OR has one year previous operating room experience
as a Surgical/Delivery Room Technologist OR three years of
experience providing direct patient care in a clinical
setting.
MINIMUM
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LAW: BLS
required.
ADDITIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS: NRP is preferred.
Preferred completion of a fetal monitoring workshop and
an orientation to learn surgical asepsis.
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