OB Technician
Chicago-IL-60290-United States
Department Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Sets up scrub/procedure room with adequate supplies and equipment for personnel.
- Sets up the OR for the procedure. (if applicable)
- Use proper techniques in gowning and gloving.
- Drapes patients in preparation for surgery in cesarean section, tubal ligation and D&C, and any other surgical procedures needed.
- Use proper techniques, scrubs to assist the surgeon during a surgical procedure by providing instruments, sutures, sponges, and dressing and other required supplies and equipment.
- Assists RN in counting sponges, instruments, needles, and also in applying dressings.
- Maintains aseptic technique.
- Assists in moving patients from operation table to cart.
- Cleans the procedure rooms/ OR before and after each surgical procedure; assists in maintaining cleanliness of equipment and cabinets.
- Cleans sinks and cabinets, disposes waste materials appropriately
- Maintains adequate supply quantities in patient rooms, checking for outdates.
- Transports patients and brings specimens to the laboratory.
- Able to admit patients in Meditech.
- Updates monthly call lists for in-house OB, in-house Pediatricians, on call Neonatologists and surgical assistants
- Answers call lights
- Enters doctors orders in Meditech system as verified by RN.
- Completes labor and delivery charges for delivered and undelivered patients.
- Helps RN in completing admission and delivery logbooks.
- Assists RN during delivery.
- Maintains current visiting policy.
- Offers support to patients during labor.
- Daily logs temperatures of warming cabinets
- Processes orders of computer changes.
Qualifications:
- Previous experience is required
- High School/GED
- PCT or CST Certificate is required
- BLS Certification is required
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