Surgical Technician PRN

About the role

Opportunity to work in a brand-new Ambulatory Surgery Center! No weekends, no call, no holidays!

Responsibilities

• Prepares and maintains medical equipment for surgical procedures.
• Helps prepare the operating room by setting up surgical instruments and equipment, sterile drapes, and sterile solutions.
• Fulfills pre-operation preparations to the patient's skin, body, and medical equipment.
• Assembles both sterile and non-sterile equipment, adjusts, and checks it to ensure it is working properly.
• Gets patients ready for surgery by washing, shaving, and disinfecting incision sites.
• Transports patients to the operating room, helps position them on the operating table, and covers them with sterile surgical “drapes.”
• Observes patients' vital signs, checks charts, and assists the surgical team with putting on sterile gowns and gloves.
• Passes instruments and other sterile supplies to surgeons and surgeon assistants.
• Holds retractors, cuts sutures, and helps count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
• Helps prepare, care for, and dispose of specimens taken for laboratory analysis and applies dressings.
• Operates sterilizers, lights, or suction machines, and helps operate diagnostic equipment.
• After an operation, helps transfer patients to the recovery room and cleans and restocks the operating room.

Requirements

• A graduate of an accredited surgical technologist program.
• Must be certified to perform CPR.
• Must have 0-2 years of clinical experience in a related field.
• Orthopedics experience required.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the principle of growth and development of the life span.
• The ability to assess data reflective of the patient's requirements relative to their age-specific needs.
• The ability to utilize recognized channels of communication.
• The ability to maintain good interpersonal relationships with patients, co-workers, and other health team members.

Skills

• Knowledge of surgical procedures.
• Ability to follow hospital regulations and industry procedures.
• Ability to assist in surgical operations under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel.

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Plan
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match
• And more!

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Plan
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match
• And more!