Certified Surgical Technologist CST - Ontario

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates knowledge and skills to competently care for all assigned age groups (Neonate, Child, Adolescent, Adult, and Geriatric as applicable).
• Demonstrates compliance with hospital safety policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates knowledge of cautery safety (grounding pad and cautery use during procedure).
• Recognizes breaks in aseptic technique and takes immediate corrective action.
• Updates and reviews surgeon preference cards.
• Able to gown and glove other members of the perioperative 'sterile' team.
• Able to gown and glove self through use of closed and open method.
• Able to independently function in at least one other specialty area.
• Anticipates and prioritizes surgeon needs.
• Communicates with RN Circulator to obtain needed resources.
• LPNs may function under the Nurse Practice Action with RN supervision.
• Responsible for technical equipment and supplies (e.g., inventory, usage, organization, maintenance in own specialty area).
• Troubleshoots equipment within own specialty to bring to resolution.
• Independently manages instrument, sponge and sharp counts for all procedures in specialty areas and all procedures assigned outside of specialty.
• Aids and/or follows direction of the RN Circulator to set up a room and obtain equipment, etc.

Requirements

• Certification as a Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) by the NBSTSA or as a Tech in Surgery-Certified (TS-C) by the NCCT is required.
• (ACLS and/or PALS may be accepted in lieu of BLS) Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross is required at hire.
• One year of scrub experience in an acute care hospital setting preferred.

Qualifications

None specified.

Skills

None specified.

Benefits

This is a full-time benefited position working 40 hours per week in Ontario, Oregon. Position is eligible for benefits from Day 1!

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Day Shift.