Labor & Delivery Technician (Part-Time Day) Toms River, NJ

at  RWJBarnabas Health

Req #: 0000167014
Category: Surgical Tech
Status: Part-Time
Shift: Day
Facility: Community Medical Center
Department: Labor & Delivery

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• High School Diploma or equiv.
• Graduate of a surgical tech program
• Surgical Tech certification
• BLS through the American Heart Association

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS:

• Day Shift
• Part-Time
• 20 hours per week

• Assists RNs with appropriate nursing care for the antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and surgical patient
• Accurately obtains vital signs, weights, and I & Os, and documents on appropriate tools
• Answers call bells promptly and courteously
• Assists in appropriate positions for surgical procedures
• Assists with admission, discharge and transfer process
• Demonstrates and maintains aseptic technique when gowning, gloving, scrubbing, during surgical procedure and setting up delivery table,
• Demonstrates competency in pain management by reporting patients’ pain intensity to staff nurse
• Demonstrates competency in restraint management and application
• Follows proper safety and infection control procedures and maintains a safe work environment
• Identifies criteria for selecting method of disinfection and / or sterilization by following manufacturer s recommendations
• Inspects instrument wrappers for integrity and expiration
• Keeps the patient care area neat and clean
• Prepares soiled instruments for Central Supply processing appropriately and in a timely manner
• Properly collects, processes specimen logbook / labeling and transports specimens to the lab or morgue
• Properly puts away sterile instruments upon delivery from Central Supply Processing
• Responds appropriately to emergency situations
• Safely transfers patients as needed from bed to wheelchair to stretcher, etc and maintains proper body mechanics
• Stocks triage and labor rooms, operating rooms, fetal monitoring carts, warmers and shelves in sub sterile room as needed
• Provides a compassionate and supportive environment with prompt and consistent service,
• Adheres to patient rights: provides for the confidential treatment of all communications and records,
• Demonstrates professionalism with families, visitors, physicians, co-workers and supervisors,
• Listens and communicates effectively
• Supports teamwork by cooperative problem solving through participation in meetings, projects, etc,
• Utilizes principles of continuous quality improvement in all work situations to assess, measure and improve organizational and department functions
• Organizes work sets priorities with a minimum of supervision and seeks guidance as appropriate
• Makes decisions that are timely and consistent with department, objectives, policies and procedures,
• Demonstrates sound judgment; accepts and benefits from constructive criticism
• Participates in ongoing education as required