Surgical Technologist- Surgery Center - days

About the role

This position may be filled as Surgical Technologist 1, 2, or 3, depending on individual experience, education, and other qualifications. The Surgical Technologist I is an entry‑level role that works under supervision to provide technical assistance in the operating room, labor and delivery, or other units performing surgical or invasive procedures. The role is based at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center Surgery Center, which has five operating rooms and handles approximately 25 adult surgery cases daily across specialties including eyes, orthopedics, fractures, and pain management. Candidates who share a common goal in patient care, have stability, and are good team players often do well in this environment. The schedule is full‑time, 10‑hour shifts Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, with no call, weekends, or holidays.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes physician’s preference cards to assist in preparing the operating room for the surgical procedure.
• Assists in maintaining and updating preference cards.
• Maintains an adequate supply of instruments and supplies to meet the patient’s changing needs.
• Scrubs in and sets up instruments and supplies prior to procedure.
• Prepares sterile field by obtaining, opening, and arranging instruments and supplies anticipated for the procedure.
• Ensures continuous monitoring of sterile field once established.
• Assists in draping the patient and operative area.
• With nurse, opens and prepares the sterile field.
• Assists the nurse in correct identification of operative specimens for laboratory analysis.
• Remains attentive during surgery and provides additional instruments, supplies, or other items as needed.
• Remains attentive to sterile field and recognizes and corrects breaks in sterile technique.
• Delivers medications to the surgeon.
• Participates in sponge, needle, and instrument counts as directed by policy.
• Reports all drains, packs, implants, etc. to the circulating nurse and assists with application of dressings.
• Informs appropriate personnel of any potential problems regarding patient or procedure.
• Takes emergency action as required.
• Assists with post‑operative processing of instruments and equipment.
• Cleans operating room areas and disposes of sharps from sterile field according to