Surgical Technician - L&D

Clinical Staff - Medical Services position at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). UAMS champions collaborative health care, focusing on improving patient care and the lives of Arkansans.

About the role

The Surgical Scrub Technician assembles supplies for surgical procedures, maintains the sterile field, passes surgical instruments, and assists in room preparation in Labor and Delivery (E5). UAMS Labor and Delivery unit is located in the Harry P. Ward Clinical Tower and consists of 14 LDR rooms, four triage observational beds, two operating room suites, a three-bed recovery room area, and two state-of-the-art Neonatal Stabilization rooms. The unit provides high-risk obstetrical care for patients across the state, performing approximately 300-330 deliveries per month. The LDR rooms allow expectant mothers to labor, deliver, and recover in the birthing suites with family support, promoting patient- and family-centered care.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the operating room is prepared for upcoming cases with appropriate equipment available and ready for use.
• Cleans, arranges, and transports instruments to the soiled utility room according to department policy.
• Assists with instrument reprocessing tasks when assigned cases are completed and time permits.
• Ensures operating rooms are case-ready for the following day’s procedures.
• Admits and discharges patients, maintains front desk logs and phone books, and manages infant security system alarms as needed.
• Sets up rooms for new admissions, ensures ante-rooms and patient rooms are stocked, and completes other assigned duties.
• Participates in continuing education by completing required staff development hours annually and contributes to professional/institutional advancement.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Graduate of an accredited Scrub Technologist school/program or 2 years of experience as a surgical technologist.
• Must be fitted for, capable of donning, and performing routine tasks in personal protective equipment, including N95 masks, Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR), or Controlled Air Purifying Respirators (CAPR).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans available for qualifying staff and family.
• Holiday, vacation, and sick leave.
• Education discount for staff and dependents (undergraduate only).
• Retirement: Up to 10% matched contribution from UAMS.
• Basic life insurance up to $50,000.
• Career training and educational opportunities.
• Merchant discounts.
• Concierge prescription delivery on the main campus when using UAMS pharmacy.

Physical Activity

• Constant: Hearing.
• Frequent: Feeling, grasping, lifting, manipulating items with fingers (including keyboarding), pulling, pushing, sharps handling, sitting, standing, talking, walking.
• Occasional: Balancing, crawling, crouching, kneeling, pulling, pushing, reaching, repetitive motion, sitting, stooping.

This position is subject to a pre-employment criminal background check and drug screen. A criminal conviction or arrest pending adjudication alone shall not disqualify an applicant; any criminal history will be evaluated in relation to job responsibilities and business necessity.