Surgical Technologist I- Labor and Delivery

Job Summary

32hr Nights 4x 8hrs 11p-730a. Every other weekend and rotating holidays
Summary
Under supervision, assists in operations. May help set up the operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Essential Functions

• Participates in time-out procedures.
• Attainment of extra supplies and equipment as needed.
• Sets up equipment independently.
• Participates as an active member of the Patient Care Team.
• Maintain operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
• Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
• Knowledge of SPD Sterile Room.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent required.
• Experience: Experience as a surgical technologist in an acute care setting 2-3 years required and Four (4) years experience as a surgical technologist in an acute care setting; committee and leadership experience 3-5 years preferred.
• Licenses and Credentials: Certified Surgical First Assistant [CSFA (NBSTSA)] - National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) preferred Certified Surgical Technologist [CST] - National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) preferred.