Patient Care Assistant Multiple

$27.9000$18.1600

Overview

As a Hoag Surgery Technician Operating Room you will become a vital member of a dynamic team at a nationally recognized worldclass health care system. Our Nursing Professional Practice Model combines holistic Total Patient Care with our Core Values of advocacy compassion and nursing excellence. This translates into a more individualized patientcentered type of care thats backed by evidencebased research. You will also enjoy a culture of teamwork professionalism and mutual respect with an exciting career ladder and toptier benefits.

Job Description

Location

Newport Beach California

Department

Operating Room

Position Description

Participates as member of the surgical team under direct supervision of an RN/Charge Nurse or Clinical Manager. Functions in the role of scrub/assist person and assisting physician and/or RN (Registered Nurse). Responsible for direct and indirect care of patients. Assists with maintenance care of instruments supplies and equipment according to the manufacturers instructions standards of infection prevention and institutional policies/procedures. Practices appropriate initiation and maintenance of sponge needle and miscellaneous item counts and equipment according to policy. Decontaminates cleans and cares for operating room equipment utilizing clean/sterile technique used in a procedural setting. Identifies gathers and prepares instruments and equipment and specialty items for all procedures in a timely manner according to preference card. Acknowledges physiologic needs for the patient (size of equipment maintenance of body temperature and patient safety). May require on call duty. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of an accredited Surgical Scrub Technician program or equivalent military medical core training.
• Solid computer technical skills required including proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint Visio) and additional Organizational systems (Affinity SMS and PACS).

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of 1 year of recent OR experience.
• Bilingual or multilingual.
• Surgical Technologist Certification (CST) NBSTSA.

License or Certification

Current BLS (Basic Life Support) Certification.

Exemption Status

Nonexempt

Compensation Detail

Education experience and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended. The minimum pay rate is $29.57 per hour.

Benefits Eligible

Yes

Schedule

Full Time and Part Time positions available.

Hours / Pay period

80

Schedule Details

8hour shift. Primarily days with evening night and holiday call responsibilities. May be required to float to Hoag Irvine.

Weekend Schedule

As needed.

Unit Description

The Operating Room at Hoag Newport Beach consists of a total of 18 ORs three dedicated Cardiac Rooms (including one hybrid room) that are home to six XI Robots and two state of the art fully integrated NeuroSpine Rooms. We offer some of the newest technology available including HIPEC Surgical Theater and the Intuitive Ion. You will serve a diverse patient population including adults and geriatrics with a small number of pediatrics all of whom require surgical intervention.

Surgical services include Neurosurgery Orthopedics General Gynecology EENT (eyes ears nose and throat) Colorectal Plastics Hepatobiliary Thoracic Vascular and Urology. We offer both outpatient and inpatient surgeries in multiple specialties with acuity levels ranging from healthy to elective and or emergent to critical and end of life. We staff our operating room 24/7 with a dedicated night team. We are a Magnet facility and were one of the first hospitals in California to receive the Magnet designation over 16 years ago. Our OR was also awarded CNOR strong for 2020.

Life Wings(a program to enhance communication safety and respect for all) is mandatory for all surgeons staff and anesthesiologists. It has significantly impacted cooperation and teamwork in our operating rooms since inception.

Why Hoag

At Hoag we are committed to ensuring that no one needs to leave Orange County to receive worldclass personalized accessible health care. For over 70 years Hoag has empowered the people partners and communities we serve to achieve their best health to live their best lives and do their best work. Thats why over 30000 inpatients and 450000 outpatients choose Hoag each year. With 3 award winning hospitals 15 urgent care centers 9 health centers and 7 nationally recognized institutes Hoag Health System offers comprehensive care for you and your familys every need.

Recruiter

Shalin Patel

EOE

As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer Hoag is committed to creating an inclusive environment that values the diversity of its employees and does not discriminate against any employee or candidate. Women minorities veterans people from the LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply to join our teams.

EOE

As an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer Hoag is committed to creating an inclusive environment that values the diversity of its employees and does not discriminate against any employee or candidate. Women minorities veterans people from the LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply to join our teams.