Certified OB Tech
Seattle, Washington
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus

Certified OB Tech

Location: Seattle, Washington
Employment Type: Travel/Contract
Contract Length: 13 weeks
Shift: Day, 3x12 hours, 7:00–19:00
Hours per Week: 36

Overview

• First-time travelers are accepted.
• The role requires floating to other campuses, including Swedish Issaquah.
• Patient age group: Adolescents, Adults, Geriatrics.
• Patient volume/load: 5 ventilators, 6–8 RVUs.
• Rooms: 500.

Required Qualifications

• Valid OB Technician license in Washington.
• OB Technician (5 years of experience).
• OB Technician experience within the last year.
• BLS - Basic Life Support issued by American Heart Association or Heart and Stroke Foundation.
• NBSTSA or NCCT.

Preferred Qualifications

• Pulmonary Function Test Lab experience.

Skills and Clinical Experience

• Airway management devices/suctioning: extubation, intubation assist, nasal airway placement, nasal airway suctioning, oral airway placement, oropharyngeal suctioning, sputum specimen collection, tracheostomy suctioning.
• Medication administration experience with: Albuterol, Atrovent, Combivent, Flovent, Inhaled Flolan, Inhaled steroids, Isuprel, Lidocaine, Mucomyst, Nitric Oxide (INo), Perforomist, Pulmicort, Racemic epinephrine, Spiriva, Terbutaline Sulfate, Theophylline, Tobramycin, Xopenex.
• Medication delivery systems: aerosol set up mask, aerosol set up trach, Medihaler, metered dose inhaler.
• Nebulizer types: cold, hand held, heated, ultrasonic, T-piece, trach collar.
• Ventilator management: BiPAP, Flow-by, CPAP, high frequency oscillator, troubleshooting high pressure alarms, weaning from mechanical ventilation.
• Professional knowledge and skills: ABG interpretation, Basic EKG.

Other Notes

• Scrubs: Any.
• Weekend coverage is variable.