Surgical Technician Operating Room PRN
Surgical Technician Operating Room PRN
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Job Description
We are now hiring for a surgical tech! No weekends nights holidays or on call!
- Create and maintain sterile field fast pace turnover between patients.
- Clean and sterilize instruments as neededmust be a team player and have good communication skills
- Maintains patient safety standards.
JOB TITLE: Surgical Technologist
SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Physician and/or Registered Nurse
GENERAL SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
Surgical technologists also called scrubs and surgical or operating room technicians assist in surgical operations under the supervision of surgeons registered nurses or other surgical personnel. Surgical technologists are members of operating room teams which most commonly include surgeons anesthesiologists and circulating nurses.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/REQUIREMENTS:
- A graduate of an accredited surgical technologist program; or have completed an appropriate training program for surgical technologists in the Armed Forces; or is completing duties related to their employment by the federal government; or has equivalent training or experience
- Prefer 1-2 years clinical experience in an operating room setting. May accept 0-2 years of clinical experience in a related field
- Must be certified in Basic Life Support
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Prepares and maintains medical equipment and instrumentation for surgical procedures
- Before an operation surgical technologists help prepare the operating room by setting up the sterile field to include surgical instruments and equipment sterile drapes and sterile solutions
- Follows state and federal facility regulations when attending to patients
- Performs pre-procedure preparations to the patients skin and body
- Completes a safety check prior to start of the procedure on appropriate equipment supplies etc.
- Assembles both sterile and non-sterile equipment as well as checking to ensure it is working properly
- May assist with prep for patient procedure
- May transport patients to the procedure room
- May assist with positioning on the procedure table
- Drapes the patient with surgical drapes per procedure to be performed
- Passes instruments and other sterile supplies to surgeons and surgeon assistants
- Retracts cut sutures and performs other functions under the supervision of the physician performing the procedure
- Participates in the count of sponges needles supplies and instruments based on type of procedure performed
- Helps prepare specimens and assists with the disposition of specimens
- Applies dressings
- Post-procedure assists with patient transfer from the procedure bed to the stretcher
- Cleans and restocks the procedure room
- Pulls supplies and instruments for upcoming procedures
- Assists with the maintenance of physician preference cards and inventory management
- Assists with the decontamination and cleaning sterilization and performance of quality testing related to sterilization and high level disinfection
- Performs other duties as assigned
PHYSICAL/MENTAL DEMANDS:
- Ability to be on your feet for long periods and lift or turn disabled patients
- Requires sitting and standing associated with a normal office environment
- Ability to concentrate for periods of up to four hours
- Ability to communicate verbally both in person and on the telephone
- Ability to use computer keyboard and to view a computer monitor
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS and ABILITIES
- Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients in the center
- Demonstrates the ability to utilize recognized channels of communication
- Demonstrates the ability to maintain good interpersonal relationships with patients co-workers and other health team members
PHYSICAL/MENTAL DEMANDS: Surgical technologists work in clean well-lighted well-ventilated environments. Must stand for long periods and remain alert during operations. At times may be exposed to communicable diseases and unpleasant sights odors and materials.
ENVIRONMENTAL/WORKING CONDITIONS: Occasional evening and/ or weekend work.
This description is intended to provide only basic guidelines for meeting job requirements. Responsibilities knowledge skills abilities and working conditions may change as needs evolve.
Benefits:
- Employee Assistance Plan
- 401(k) retirement plan with a company match
- And more!
Equal Employment Opportunity & Work Force Diversity
Our organizationis an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race color creed sex religion marital status age national origin or ancestry physical or mental disability medical condition parental status sexual orientation veteran status genetic testing results or any other consideration made unlawful by federal state or local laws. This practice relates to all personnel matters such as compensation benefits training promotions transfers layoffs our organizationiscommitted to going beyond the legal requirements of equal employment opportunity to take positive actions which ensure diversity in the workplace and result in a multi-cultural organization.
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Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Gig
