Outpatient Urology Tech all locations (New Haven-Hamden-Madison-Old Seabrook)
Yale New Haven Health
- New Haven, CT
- Permanent
- Full-time
Responsibilities
- 1. Demonstrates patient care concepts.
- 2. Verifies patient's identity with a using two identifiers (registered nurse.)
- 3. Collaborates with team members in providing a safe and supportive environment for the patient.
- 4. Performs patient care responsibilities consistent with age-specific criteria under the supervision of a registered nurse.
- 5. Respects the rights of health care consumers by ensuring privacy and confidentiality
- 6. Performs shaving, clipping and prepping as required under the direction of a registered nurse.
- 7. Recognizes the physical, spiritual, and psychological needs of the patient/family.
- 8. Demonstrates the application of the principles of asepsis and disinfection in a knowledgeable manner in the care of the supplies, instruments and the environment
- 9. Identifies the principles of sterile technique and applies these techniques when assisting each procedure.
- 10. Demonstrates a surgical conscience of all times
- 11. Prepares items/instruments for sterilization, receives, sorts decontaminate, cleans all surgical items including sterilizers and ultrasonic cleaners applying the correct techniques of disinfection, high level disinfection and sterilization.
- 12. Assembles and wraps instrument trays; stamps, dates, stores and rotates items which can be sterile and/or unsterile items.
- 13. Uses and evaluates sterilizers and completes all required documentation (spores) in accordance with unit policy
- 14. Verifies exposure to sterilization process and integrity of all instruments, equipment needed, sterile packaging, and opens appropriate supplies.
- 15. Reports defective material or equipment to specialty team coordinators.
- 16. Follows the appropriate dress code according to unit policy.
- 17. Assists in preparation of the procedure rooms
- 18. Assist in selecting supplies and equipment for procedure
- 19. Opens sterile supplies using sterile technique
- 20. Identifies the appropriate types of accessory equipment for procedures
- 21. Ensures safety of patient by exercising aseptic techniques and preventing hazards related to the environment and the use of equipment
- 22. Demonstrates knowledge of the step by step procedures of Urologic procedure
- 23. Prepares procedural fields with all the sterile supplies needed, preps the patient for the sterile/non sterile urologic procedures, including prepping with Betadine per protocol..
- 24. Continually monitors and reports any breaks in aseptic technique
- 25. Ascertains that all specimens are properly identified and review
- 26. Adheres to standard precaution guidelines when handling/transporting multiple specimens, cultures or blood samples to the laboratory
- 27. Assists in preparing next assignment for room
- 28. Demonstrates the accountability as a health care professional.to provide a safe environment for patients and staff.
YNHHS Requisition ID117271