Certified Surgical Technologist II - West Campus

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Performs patient care related duties.
• Prepares and assists with the preparation of the operating room according to the needs and age appropriateness of the patient and the surgical procedure.
• Anticipates the surgeon's needs and prepares supplies accordingly.
• Applies knowledge of surgical procedures and seeks circulating nurse's assistance when needed.
• Attends and participates in in-services and other continuing education opportunities.
• Maintains correct counts of sponges, needles, and instruments.
• Acknowledges the importance of patient safety by handling medications correctly.
• Assists in the care and labeling of specimens.
• Prepares O.R. equipment and supplies while performing patient care duties.
• Demonstrates effective time management skills.
• Cares for one or more of the following age groups routinely: Neonates, Infants, Toddler, Preschool Age, School Age, Adolescent, and Adult.

Skills & Requirements

• Required educational program completion for surgical technologists.
• Required CST-SUR - Cert-Cert Surgical TECH by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting.
• Required TSC-NCCT - Cert-TECH Surgery - Certified NCCT by the National Center for Competency Testing.
• Required 2 years' experience as a surgical technologist and experience in two or more surgical specialties.

About Us

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built, and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city’s most rapidly growing communities. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab, and a full-scale pharmacy.

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Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.