Surgical Nursing Technician

Description

Job Summary: Provides direct nursing care to patients in the Surgical Center and Surgical Care Unit, performing procedures and supporting the multidisciplinary team. Key Highlights: 1. Provide direct patient care at all levels of complexity. 2. Perform nursing care activities in accordance with medical prescriptions. 3. Support the multidisciplinary team during activities. Surgical Center and Surgical Care Unit: Provide nursing care to patients, performing and observing technical procedures, following instructions and guidelines from nurses and physicians; oversee support and materials operations within the nursing service, observing standards and procedures to optimize controls, ensure appropriate use of material resources, and maintain quality standards of care delivered. **Surgical Center Decontamination Area:** Receive and prepare materials for cleaning; assemble sterilization kits according to techniques, procedures, and instructions from the immediate supervisor. **Surgical Care Unit:** Receive and prepare non-critical materials in the decontamination area according to techniques, procedures, and instructions from the immediate supervisor. **Schedule:** 12x36 \- 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. \- July **Salary:** R$2\.201,64 \+ 20% Hazard Pay **Benefits:** * Transportation allowance; * Meal voucher or food allowance; * Medical assistance (UNIMED); * Dental assistance (METLIFE); * Educational assistance (Undergraduate and Postgraduate); * Daycare allowance \- R$ 200.00 (per child) \- OBS: Benefit intended for mothers or legal guardians of children up to 72 months old or children with special needs of any age; fathers with definitive custody of children up to 72 months old or children with special needs of any age. * Quality-of-life program; * Santa Casa BH Funeral Plan – protection for you and your dependents, with access to exclusive benefits, including discounts at Pratique Academy, Cinemark, Netshoes, Domino's, Drogaria Araújo, and various other partners. * Partnerships with restaurants, Pacheco, psychologists, pharmacies, auto repair shops, and gyms; * Christmas gift card. **Responsibilities and Duties** Within the Surgical Center and Surgical Care Unit: * Provide direct patient care at all levels of complexity, addressing compromised basic human needs; * Admit patients by collecting clinical data and vital signs to initiate nursing care and prioritize special cases; * Perform nursing care activities in accordance with medical prescriptions, ensuring proper anticipation of required materials; * Prepare and administer medications via appropriate routes, per prescription and specific instructions; * Monitor patient stability and integrity, maintaining communication channels with involved professionals; * Perform other technical procedures such as: micro-nebulizations; general aspirations — oral, nasal, and tracheal — as prescribed by the nurse; venous punctures for medication or antibiotic administration; oxygen therapy administration per prescription; administration of specialized medications via infusion pumps; and full-body hygiene; * Notify healthcare team members — nurses, physicians, and others — whenever necessary; * Support the multidisciplinary team during activities related to direct nursing care to patients; * Perform tasks scheduled in the task roster: cleaning and organizing the decontamination area; cleaning and disinfecting reusable materials; requisitioning and returning reusable materials; receiving and verifying patient materials and medications; * Properly identify bodies in cases of death, per service routine; * Monitor and replenish collective consumable materials, verifying needs and required approvals; * Organize the workplace — cabinets, trays, countertops, etc. — maintaining appropriate hygiene and usability conditions; * Conduct shift handover, prioritizing key patient complications to ensure personalized, high-quality care; * Record consumable materials used in nursing notes on room sheets and verify all items used against the medical prescription; * Review available sterilized materials and arrange replenishments and positioning based on identified needs. * Maintain communication with nurses to stay aligned regarding patient progress and/or complications; * Safeguard materials and equipment under one’s responsibility to extend their useful life; * Within the Surgical Care Unit: Perform wound dressings per nurse and physician instructions; * Reposition patients per established service routine; * Record patient eliminations and observed characteristics — color, odor, and density — per medical prescription, reporting possible abnormalities to physicians and nurses; * Within the Surgical Center: * Ensure cleaning and disinfection of equipment to be used in surgeries, as well as availability of properly tested devices requested by physicians; * Record processing stages to maintain traceability system data entry, namely: DECONTAMINATION — receipt of soiled materials, washing, preparation; ARSENAL — entry into arsenal, exit from arsenal to operating room; * Circulate in the operating room, assisting surgeons and anesthesiologists, and instrumenting as needed per instructions and guidelines; * Transport pre- and post-operative patients to inpatient units; * Within the Surgical Center and Surgical Care Unit Decontamination Area: * Wash materials, observing specific procedures and using appropriate resources; * Within the Surgical Care Unit Decontamination Area: * Assemble processable material kits, e.g., forceps, etc., for sterilization; * Within the Surgical Center Decontamination Area: * Receive materials from operating rooms, verify, record, and clean them by immersion in enzymatic detergent solutions — manual or automated —, rinse, dry, inspect, and prepare kits; * Record prepared trays and forward them for sterilization; * Within the Surgical Center Arsenal: * Receive materials, trays, surgical kits, gowns, compresses, and surgical drapes, verifying and recording missing items; * Perform other related tasks of equivalent difficulty level upon request from the immediate supervisor. **Requirements and Qualifications** Completed High School Completed Technical Nursing Course Active COREN Registration We are Santa Casa BH, and we work for a cause: delivering top-tier healthcare to everyone. With over 100 years of history, we have built a legacy recognized across Minas Gerais. We stand as the largest healthcare institution in the state, comprising Santa Casa BH — a 100% SUS High-Complexity Hospital, São Lucas Private and Insurance Hospital, Santa Casa BH Specialized Outpatient Clinics, Santa Casa BH Maternal-Infant Institute, Santa Casa BH Oncology Institute, Santa Casa BH Clinical Research, Órix Lab Santa Casa BH, Santa Casa BH School of Health, Santa Casa BH Geriatric Institute, and Santa Casa BH Family Care. More than 8,000 employees uphold our mission as their own ideal. Together, we are one heart. **Alert!** Santa Casa BH **does not charge any fees during its selection processes.** All recruitment procedures are conducted **free of charge and transparently**. If in doubt, contact Santa Casa BH directly through official channels available on our website. Protect yourself against scams and fraud, and rely on us for a safe and trustworthy selection process.