Operating Room Technician - Ambulatory Surgery - Full Time, Days

About the role

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is a 306‑bed medical center serving eastern Long Island. The facility includes the Knapp Cardiac Care Center, an ambulatory surgical pavilion with women’s imaging, a sleep laboratory, bariatric surgery, a Provisional Level 2 Trauma Center, a Primary Stroke Center, an outpatient wound care center, a hemodialysis center, and multiple primary care and specialty offices.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Operating Room Technician – Ambulatory Surgery – Full Time, Days – ASC Suffolk – OR – Full‑Time – Mo. Under the supervision of the RN, this role involves planning and delivering safe, therapeutic, and age‑appropriate care. The individual works closely with a multidisciplinary health team to enhance wellness and optimize patient outcomes. They provide the surgical team with essential instruments, sutures, special equipment, and materials required for surgery, ensuring strict adherence to aseptic techniques, assist in circulating, gathering instruments, supplies, and equipment during the procedure, and participate in performance‑improvement activities at the unit, department, and institutional levels.

Responsibilities

• Adheres to regulatory guidelines and institutional policies regarding safety standards, infection control, and equipment handling.
• Takes corrective actions when discrepancies in counts are identified.
• Provides equipment and supplies based on patient needs.
• Performs other assigned duties as required.
• Observes the patient’s clinical status and reports findings to the RN.
• Addresses patient concerns in accordance with the established communication hierarchy.
• Actively participates in identifying and solving problems in the work environment.
• Reviews the plan of care during the perioperative period, monitors any deviations, and adjusts the plan under the RN’s direction.
• Observes the patient’s progress alongside the RN.
• Supplies the surgical team with the required instruments, sutures, special equipment, and materials while maintaining strict aseptic technique.
• Monitors potential and actual changes in the patient’s care needs, notifying the RN and following the updated care plan as directed.
• Participates in unit‑based quality improvement initiatives, mentorship, and the orientation and education of new employees.
• Offers assistance and support to team members.
• Attends and contributes to staff meetings and in‑services and stays current with knowledge in relevant practice areas.
• Communicates with patients and healthcare team members.
• Identifies and addresses potential issues or refers them through the appropriate chain of command using the escalation policy.
• Ensures all documentation is legible.
• Performs additional tasks as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent (required).
• 1–2 years of operating room experience (preferred).
• Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program.
• Certification exam must be taken and passed within 12 months of completion of the surgical technology program.
• Current and valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through AHA.
• Effective communication (written and oral), critical thinking, problem‑solving, detail orientation, interpersonal, and customer‑service skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to work efficiently and cope with emergency situations.
• Required license: Certified Surgical Technologist.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1–2 years in a Surgical Technologist role.

Pay

Salary range: $75,622.50 – $97,375.23 annually. Actual salaries depend on experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The listed range does not include bonuses, incentive, differential pay, or other forms of compensation or benefits.