Working in one of busiest children’s hospitals in the United States, Jill Reed has completely familiarized herself with hundreds of different surgical instruments. And, she can assemble with skill the surgical kits essential of the life saving procedures done every day at Cincinnati children's hospital.
Rhonada: Jill she is very good at tray assembly and she thrives on learning new trays.
It could be a heart case, neuro, ortho depending on what surgery is, you use a specific tray.
So, they have to know the instrumentation to be able to put their tray up.
It can range from ten instruments in a tray up to fifty or sixty instruments in a tray.
It all depends on the specialty that you're doing.
Jill: I like working. At home I'm bored. Present job is sick kids.
Rhonada: Productivity here is actually measured by an actual component, a computer system.
So when I say productivity not just how many trays, they do what their competency is.
They are physically measured by a percentage of what their daily output is and they are some of the highest in the department.
Erin: They're treated as any member of that department would be.
We don't have enclaves or workshops.
And maybe most important, there are some departments I think that would like to hire far more people with disabilities, because they've been their best staff.