Monotony can put a damper on any kind of job. The healthcare industry has its patterns and repetitions, but if there’s one thing it always has in abundance, it’s variety. We recently interviewed Jean-Imani Phipps, a Clinical MI Specialist III, to discover the virtues of the ever-changing landscape of life on her team. “I’ve always […]
We celebrate our first annual CIM Week this week, October 10-14, 2022. CIM stands for Comprehensive Instrumentation Management and is a merging of our legacy MIS and SPD lines, as well as additional service offerings that are currently in development. Our highly-trained minimally invasive specialists work closely with sterile processing departments and operating rooms to
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The Sterile Processing Department’s primary goal is to streamline management processes, so your operating room can run at peak efficiency with minimal risk—ensuring the patient’s safety is the top priority. Additionally, you should instill sufficient technical knowledge and lead your team by example to lay the foundation for the next set of leaders and set
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Becoming a medical professional is an expensive endeavor. You’ve worked hard to get where you are today, and at SpecialtyCare, we believe you should be rewarded for your pursuit of continued education. That’s why we offer student loan assistance and tuition reimbursement for our clinical associates. We want to empower your learning and alleviate the
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As newcomers on the surgical team, there’s no doubt that many of you will be scheduled for the graveyard shift at your hospital, and some of you may be on 12 to 16-hour shifts. Since our bodies are programmed to function during the day and rest at night, the night shift can be like another
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It’s hard to overstate the importance of trust and confidence in the operating room when so much is on the line. The surgeon needs to know that every member of the OR team is experienced and reliable. This is especially true of the surgical assistant, who serves as an extension of the physician before, during, and after the procedure. In addition to providing exceptional clinical skills, a valuable surgical assistant (SA) understands the surgeon’s preferences and enables a rhythm and a shorthand that promote successful patient outcomes and surgeon satisfaction.
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