Ob Tech-Maternity Services Full Time Nights

Benefits

• Paid time off and Holiday pay
• $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
• $6,000 Student Loan Repayment ($3,000 part-time)
• $250 Wellbeing Fund per year($125 for part-time)
• Annual Employee Merit Increase and Incentive Bonus
• $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)

Description

The OB Tech reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

Responsibilities:

• Transports patients to and from radiology for diagnostic testing.
• Obtains and records vital signs and daily weight.
• Participates in surgical procedures.
• Assists team members with placing and positioning patient on the table.
• Assists in newborn nursery with responsibilities of: transporting babies in open cribs to and from patient rooms, changing diapers, drawing blood from babies via heel sticks, weighing babies on open scales, emptying linen and garbage to chutes from newborn nursery and special care nursery, bilimeter testing of all newborns, assist with set-up and clean up of circumcision procedure.
• Disconnects IV or Heplock.
• Assists patients with bathing and oral hygiene.
• Assists RN or physician with minor procedures.
• Performs various related tasks to facilitate patient care.
• Prepares and positions patients for meals; feeds patients as necessary.
• Assists with patient ambulation and positioning; assists with comfort activities.
• Transports blood and blood components to the laboratory.
• Informs appropriate personnel when instruments or equipment are insufficient to meet the needs of the operative schedule.
• Performs a variety of clinical functions, under the direction of the RN or physician that provide support to patients and staff.
• Cleans and sterilizes instruments as needed.
• Responds to emergencies seeking appropriate personnel for specific interventions.
• Collects urine, stool and sputum specimens.
• Assists with patient admissions, discharges and transfers; orients patient to environment and hospital services.
• Labels all supplies on the tray.
• Hands instruments and supplies to surgeon.
• Arranges equipment, supplies and instruments in the operating room.
• Assists with postmortem care.
• Preserves OR specimens.
• Informs RN regularly regarding the status of patients.
• Transports patients, belongings and equipment.
• Accounts for all sponges, needles and instruments before and after operation.
• Assembles routine and specialty instruments for operative procedures according to operating room standards and physician preference cards.
• Organizes instruments according to specialty.

AA/EOE

Qualifications

Required:

• Successful completion of an accredited CNA program and listed on State Of Illinois CNA Registry.
• BLS through American Heart Association.
• High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred:

• Certified Surgical Technologist.

Equal Opportunity

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.