Surgical Tech (2606)
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Job Summary
Position Summary:
The Surgical Tech supports the surgical team by preparing and maintaining sterile fields selecting and organizing instruments and ensuring the operating room is properly set up for each procedure. Working under the direction of the circulating RN and in close collaboration with surgeons and perioperative team members this role assists during operative cases to promote safe efficient and high-quality patient care. The Surgical Tech ensures proper handling of equipment and supplies supports infection prevention practices and contributes to accurate count procedures and documentation. Through strong attention to detail adherence to established surgical protocols and effective teamwork this position helps support optimal patient outcomes and smooth well-coordinated surgical workflows.
Key Responsibilities:
Licenses and Certifications Required:
Educational Requirements:
Experience Requirements:
Special Skills or Training Requirements:
Physical Requirements:
The Surgical Tech is frequently required to stand for prolonged periods move throughout the operating suite and assist with positioning or transferring patients and equipment. The role requires the ability to lift push and maneuver surgical trays instrument sets and mobile equipment. Adequate vision hearing and manual dexterity are essential for identifying instruments responding to verbal cues and performing fine motor tasks within a sterile field.
Environmental Requirements:
Work occurs in a fast-paced surgical environment with regular exposure to bright lighting surgical equipment bodily fluids sharp instruments and sterilizing chemicals. The role may involve urgent or high-stress situations requiring rapid accurate responses. Adherence to infection-prevention practices sterile-technique standards and appropriate use of PPE is required to ensure safety for patients and staff.
The Surgical Tech supports the surgical team by preparing and maintaining sterile fields selecting and organizing instruments and ensuring the operating room is properly set up for each procedure. Working under the direction of the circulating RN and in close collaboration with surgeons and perioperative team members this role assists during operative cases to promote safe efficient and high-quality patient care. The Surgical Tech ensures proper handling of equipment and supplies supports infection prevention practices and contributes to accurate count procedures and documentation. Through strong attention to detail adherence to established surgical protocols and effective teamwork this position helps support optimal patient outcomes and smooth well-coordinated surgical workflows.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare operating rooms for scheduled and emergent procedures by assembling sterile instruments supplies and equipment according to established protocols.
- Assist surgeons and the surgical team during procedures by anticipating needs passing instruments and maintaining a sterile field.
- Handle clean and prepare surgical instruments and equipment ensuring proper function organization and availability for future cases.
- Perform and document required count procedures in collaboration with the circulating RN to support patient safety and regulatory compliance.
- Communicate effectively with surgeons anesthesia staff and nursing personnel to support efficient workflow and timely case progression.
- Participate in ongoing quality safety and competency activities to maintain proficiency with equipment procedures and infection control standards.
Licenses and Certifications Required:
- Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Registration thru the North Dakota State Board of Nursing.
- Certified Surgical Technologist is preferred.
Educational Requirements:
- High School Graduate or GED.
- Knowledge of sterile technique anatomy physiology and medical terminology.
Experience Requirements:
- Previous scrub experience preferred.
Special Skills or Training Requirements:
- Special training in surgical technology.
- Training on reducing the risk of surgical fires.
- Equipment training.
Physical Requirements:
The Surgical Tech is frequently required to stand for prolonged periods move throughout the operating suite and assist with positioning or transferring patients and equipment. The role requires the ability to lift push and maneuver surgical trays instrument sets and mobile equipment. Adequate vision hearing and manual dexterity are essential for identifying instruments responding to verbal cues and performing fine motor tasks within a sterile field.
Environmental Requirements:
Work occurs in a fast-paced surgical environment with regular exposure to bright lighting surgical equipment bodily fluids sharp instruments and sterilizing chemicals. The role may involve urgent or high-stress situations requiring rapid accurate responses. Adherence to infection-prevention practices sterile-technique standards and appropriate use of PPE is required to ensure safety for patients and staff.
Key Skills
- Aseptic Technique
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- Anatomy Knowledge
- Basic Life Support
- Computer Skills
- Physiology Knowledge
- Military Experience
- Suturing
- Medical Terminology
- Sterile Processing
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Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 25 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity ... View more
