Surgical Tech III - Surgery Main OR - Full Time - Days

About the role

Nebraska Methodist Health System focuses on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and the people we employ. Our culture, known as The Meaning of Care, sets us apart by helping families grow, making difficult diagnoses with compassion, going above and beyond for patient needs, and celebrating victories.

Responsibilities

• Performs preoperative preparation and reviews physician preference lists.
• Opens sterile supplies using sterile technique and transfers medications and solutions to the sterile field.
• Communicates clearly and collaborates with the perioperative team to prepare the operative procedure.
• Prepares the case cart postoperatively for central sterilizing return according to department policy.
• Functions as the scrub person during the operative procedure, preparing, monitoring, and maintaining a sterile field.
• Completes surgical scrub according to policy, wears appropriate personal protective apparel, and follows standard and policy for attire in the operating room.
• Follows policy for wearing protective eye-wear during procedures, organizes and maintains sterile instruments and supplies in an organized manner, and performs counts according to facility policy and procedure during procedure and hand-off situations.
• Applies base knowledge and principles during operative procedure, including anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, microbiology, and pharmacology for optimal surgical patient care.
• Participates in surgical time-out, fire risk assessment, and case summary for each operative procedure.
• Identifies labels and handles specimens including hand-off situations and disposition of specimen. Labels medications and specimen identification and disposition.
• Demonstrates collegiality and leadership qualities, demonstrates awareness of, and participation in performance improvement activities, reports potential performance improvement problems, and actively participates in problem solving.
• Conducts need assessments, conducts one-on-one and group training, and performs clinical preceptor role for specialty service.
• Maintains positive attitude, accepts assignments and communicates concerns in a professional manner, complies with call-in time and policies, adheres to department call coverage, and maintains professional appearance, behavior, and work environment.
• Provides assistance to Service Secretary as needed, including scanning of patient information, organizing patient charts, greeting and escorting patients to room, and answering phone.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited Surgical Technology program required.
• Completion of a Military Surgical Technology program may be substituted for an accredited Surgical Technology program for MJE & MFH Surgery Main and MFH Surgery Center.
• Satisfactory completion of annual mandatory education requirement.
• Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) certification with currency per the Liaison Council of Certification for Surgical Technologists required, if CEU's are not accumulated to maintain certification, must retest for certification.
• Competent performance in all Surgical procedures and specialties required.
• Must meet ST Level 2 criteria required.
• Previous experience in preceptor role preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience required for MHM Surgery Main - 2 years of OR experience for weekend positions required.

Skills

• Ability to perform mathematical computations.
• Skilled in promoting positive relations when interacting with patients or other customers.
• Requires working with multiple activities and dividing time and attention to a variety of demands and working irregular hours.
• Ability to work in a team environment and solve problems in a diplomatic fashion.
• Oral and written communication with staff, patients, visitors, physicians, and other departments.

Benefits

Nebraska Methodist Health System offers competitive pay, excellent benefits, and a great work environment where all employees are valued. Employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

The work schedule is 6:45am to 5:15pm, with variable day off and call rotation.