Operating Room Technician - Operating Room Training line

The FMC OR is the Adult Quaternary Level 1 Trauma Centre serving Southern Alberta and surrounding areas. Our OR includes 32 operating rooms and surgeries are performed 365 days per year. Our multidisciplinary team includes Surgeons, Anesthesia, Perioperative RNs, ORTs and support staff. We provide surgical interventions for over 22,000 patients yearly. FMC OR partners with the U of C to provide a teaching environment for medical and nursing students. We are proud to be the Calgary Zone Centre of Excellence for Trauma, Cardiac Open Heart, Neurological, Thoracic, Spine and Organ Transplant surgeries. We are a world leader in the development of the MRI OR Suite and Interventional Hybrid Trauma and Cardiac ORs. Other surgical specialties include Ortho/Arthroplasty, Gen Surgery, Pacemakers, Vascular Access, ENT, Plastics, and Gynecology. FMC cares for oncology patients spanning all services. The Perioperative Operating Room Technician (ORT) position is responsible for providing patient care using the Nursing Process, in accordance with CLPNA (College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta), ORNAC (Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada) and CSA (Canadian Standards Association) standards of practice. The ORT will demonstrate competence in delivering safe, effective and efficient care in both a scrub and circulating role, as an integral part of their surgical team. The ORT is responsible to provide safe care according to the Perioperative Nursing Care Plan, throughout the patient stay in the Surgical Suite. The ORT promotes the professional role and evaluates their own professional education and clinical practice standards. The ORT is a patient advocate and provides a link between the units and the Operating Room.

As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), you are part of an interprofessional health care team utilizing nursing processes, critical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills. You will be guided by your education, experience, demonstrated skill level and AHS policies and procedures. You will play a key role in providing safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of AHS.

Completion of an accredited Licensed Practical Nurse education program. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (CLPNA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).

This position requires commitment to a comprehensive Perioperative training program, from Grant MacEwen University followed by a full-time orientation at AHS FMC Operating Room. Completion of the perioperative nursing course is required to continue in the temporary line. This temporary one-year position, however, if an individual is not successful in completing the training program, the temporary position would end (earlier than the expected, posted date). The ability to wear lead apron, radiograph protection and any personal protective equipment (PPE) for an extended period of time is a requirement for this position. The ability to stand scrubbed for hours to support the surgical team.

As Required.