Surgical Technologist

Responsibilities

• Prepare the surgical procedures with the correct instrumentation, and sterile supplies.
• Absorb with surgeons with gowning and gloving.
• Absorb with draping the patient.
• Pass instrumentation and sutures.
• Maintain a safe and sterile field at all times; Report and correct breaks in sterile technique.
• Absorb with the turnovers; this includes wiping off the furniture, mopping the floor, taking dirty instrumentation to decontaminate and taking linens and garbage to the waste storage room.
• Put away supplies in the OR, ensuring package integrity, product sterility, and overall orderliness of area.
• Absorb in the case picking or assembling instrument sets in central sterile as necessary.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Specialized training of 13 to 24 months; diploma from an accredited Surgical Tech Program.
• Registration with the State of Washington.
• Prefers ST certification and two-year experience in acute care facility as an ST.
• BLS through AHA.
• Must be adaptable and willing to complete additional tasks as assigned.
• Flexible hours, 10-hour shifts, accountable for 4 late within a 6 week period.
• Active physical exertion up to 85% of the time.
• Frequent pushing and pulling of equipment in OR.
• Frequent fingering of instrumentation.
• High visual demand to read paperwork and all supplies labels.
• Must be able to safely maneuver around multiple pieces of equipment in the OR rooms.
• Bending and twisting up to 20% of working shift hours.
• Lifting with a team to move patient about on the stretcher. Weight varies depending on patient.

Benefits

• Medical/Vision/Rx Dental
• 401(K) Retirement Plan, including discretionary profit sharing
• Company paid Life Insurance/AD&D
• Voluntary Life insurance/AD&D
• Company paid short and long-term disability
• Flexible Spending and Health Saving Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off accrued at up to 24 days in your first year based on FTE