Surg Tech I / Surg Tech II - Full Time Day - Fontana Med Ctr - OR

Job Summary

The Surgical Technologist-II works under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse or Physician and in accordance with the legal scope of competency and within established standards of care, policies and procedures.

Essential Responsibilities

• Participates during surgery as member of the highly reliable surgical team by passing instruments and supplies and assisting as directed;
• Recognizes and responds to and assists in acute emergency situations.
• Affirms and assists in tissue retraction and limb support.
• Ensures instruments are clean and working properly.
• Requests additional supplies during surgery if needed.
• Aids the surgeon while he or she is closing, suturing, stapling, cauterizing and bandaging patient.
• Suctions blood and other fluids from operating field.
• May not clamp, cut, incise, dissect, cauterize, suture, or staple tissue even if competent to do so.
• Conforms to prescribed aseptic techniques required for surgical procedures by scrubbing prior to working in sterile field.
• Participates in transporting patients and assisting with lifting patients for procedures.
• Assembles surgical specialty beds with correct attachments to assure patient safety to avoid injury.
• Completes necessary arrangements to set up operating room prior to surgical procedures - laying out instruments, surgical trays, and assembling equipment as required for particular procedures.
• Properly places sterile drapes, suction tubing, cautery and all additional items on sterile field.
• Verifies package integrity and external sterile indicators prior to opening and internal sterile indicators prior to use of supplies and Instruments.
• Handles a variety of controlled and non-controlled medications.
• After RN labels medication, responsible for preparation of medication utilized during surgery.
• Responsible for labeling of all fluids on the sterile field.
• Coordinates with vendors, surgeons, and other departments.
• Assists with ordering of specialty items.
• Assists with equipment and supply recalls.
• Maintains and ensures operational readiness of instruments and equipment, departmental supplies and sterilized items.
• Checks for outdated supplies.
• Ensures correct counting of instruments, needles and/or sharps before, during and at closure of patient.
• Anticipates needs for intraoperative supplies, equipment and needs of surgeons in a timely manner.
• Operates a variety of equipment as directed.
• Checks for outdated equipment and reports as needed.
• Maintains sterility of the surgical field by continuous observation of staff and equipment.
• Sterilizes needed instruments with rapid cycle sterilization.
• Throughout the procedure, contains used sharps on the sterile field in a designated disposable, puncture-resistant needle container and replace as necessary.
• Prepares and handles patient specimens.
• Assures proper labeling of patient and all specimens.
• Complies with Standard Precautions (Blood Borne Pathogen standards) and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Provides guidance throughout the case for physician assistants, medical students, registered nurses, orthopedic technicians and surgeons on the use of equipment.
• May perform patient care functions such as patient prepping, positioning patient, and holding patient during surgical case.
• Assures patient safety at all times.
• Maintains specialty carts for each service.
• Tests and calibrates any and all equipment as needed.
• Stocks rooms daily.
• Assists team members with gowning and gloving.
• Helps in a Circulator role and Anesthesia Tech role; assists Anesthesia with spinals, leads, blood vials, medications and removal of airway stylet.
• Assists with difficult airways.
• During a code, assists surgeon, RN and Anesthesia in any way qualified.
• Cleans operating room after surgical procedures by removing and disposing of contaminated instruments; disassembles instruments for sterilization as required.
• During post procedure clean up, inspects the used surgical setup for sharps.
• Affirms sharps container is not full before discarding disposables.
• Ability to read and understand medical terminology and pathology.
• Affirms patient care functions such as patient prepping, positioning patient, and holding patient during surgical case.
• Affirms patient safety at all times.
• Maintains specialty carts for each service.
• Tests and calibrates any and all equipment as needed.
• Stocks rooms daily.
• Assists team members with gowning and gloving.
• Helps in a Circulator role and Anesthesia Tech role; assists Anesthesia with spinals, leads, blood vials, medications and removal of airway stylet.
• Assists with difficult airways.
• During a code, assists surgeon, RN and Anesthesia in any way qualified.
• Cleans operating room after surgical procedures by removing and disposing of contaminated instruments; disassembles instruments for sterilization as required.
• During post procedure clean up, inspects the used surgical setup for sharps.
• Affirms sharps container is not full before discarding disposables.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Two (2) years of Operating Room scrub or military equivalent experience within the last three (3) years and competency scrubbing for a variety of surgical procedures.
• No Education Required.
• National Center for Competency Testing Certificate - Technologist in Surgery from National Center for Competency Testing OR Surgical Technologist Certificate from National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
• Basic Life Support

Preferred Qualifications

• No Preference Required.

Additional Information

• Mon-Fri and Alternating weekends
• Back up 8-hour shift is 0700-1530.
• Ability to take calls on weekends, weekdays, nights and holidays with 30 minutes response time.
• May be filled by Surgical Technologist I or Surgical Technologist II.
• Primary Location: California, Fontana, Fontana Medical Center
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Shift: Day
• Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
• Working Hours Start: 07:00 AM
• Working Hours End: 05:30 PM
• Job Schedule: Full-time
• Employee Status: Regular Employee
• Department: Fontana Medical Center - New - Operating Room-1 - 0801
• Pay Range: $34.59 - $38.15 / hour
• Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency.