Surgical Technician, Advanced

Responsibilities

• Checks supplies/instrumentation and equipment needed for surgical procedures and ensures they are working properly.
• Opens sterile supplies and sets up the table for each surgical procedure.
• Maintains a sterile field for surgical procedures.
• Antsicipates and passes instruments and supplies to the surgeon.
• Follows the perioperative count policy which includes counting sharps, instruments, sponges, etc. in collaboration with the circulating nurse.
• Cleans, wraps and prepares the instruments for sterilization.
• Assists in the maintenance of specialty surgical services.
• Prepares the sterile dressing for the patient's incision.
• Orients medical/nursing students and technologists to the unit.
• Assists in the development of unit goals/objectives, quality improvement and cost containment measures.
• Arranges for borrowing/lending of equipment as directed.
• Delivers one educational in-service to surgical technologist staff annually that addresses safety, quality, equipment orientation, or other topic approved by department manager.
• Participates in on-boarding, mentoring, and educating new surgical technologists.

Qualifications

• Completion of one of the following: An accredited surgical technologist program.
• A formal military training program as a surgical technologist.
• Equivalent of two (2) years of full time experience as a surgical technologist.
• Demonstrated competency to perform essential functions of surgical technologist position for at least two (2) specialties or three (3) subspecialties (competency will be demonstrated within first six (6) months utilizing surgical technologist skill packet).
• Licenses Required:
• Current RQI Healthcare Provider eCredential through the University of Utah Health RQI system.
• One of the following:
• Current certification as a Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) through NBSTSA.
• Current certification as a Certified Technologist in Surgery (TS-C) through NCCT.