Surgical Technologist I

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs technical skill duties in all operating room specialty service areas, ensuring that proper technical practices are employed according to accepted standards of process.
• Provides proper maintenance, assembly, handling, and sterilization techniques of specialty instrumentation.
• Follows aseptic technique.
• Proactively identifies contamination and/or breaks in aseptic technique and implements corrective actions.
• Performs surgical counts.
• Follows policies and procedures for incorrect counts and reports discrepancies appropriately.
• Labels drugs and solutions; monitors quantities used.
• Assists in the proper identification, preparation, handling, and labeling of surgical specimens.
• Actively participates in the planning and set up of instruments, supplies, and surgical drapes in an organized manner to provide optimal accessibility during the procedure.
• Assists the surgeon, demonstrating an understanding of the patient’s anatomy and abnormalities which affect the surgical procedure.
• Assists in picking cases and planning of instrument needs.
• Recognizes and modifies scrubbing procedures based on pertinent information to develop modifications to standard approaches to care and communicates with the surgical team.
• Responds to surgical emergencies and follows hospital-wide emergency management plans.
• Inventories, receives, and stores supplies under the direction of Surgical Services leadership.
• Identifies and reports defective instruments, supplies, and equipment.
• Assists with restocking operating/procedure rooms and sub-sterile areas.
• Assists the registered nurse during the intraoperative implementation phase of nursing practice.
• Operates complex equipment and other resources in the operating room, troubleshooting as necessary.
• Serves as a mentor for Surgical Technician Trainees and will serve as a preceptor as needed.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 0-3 years’ experience.
• Successful completion of service specific portion of the Client Surgical Technologist competencies.
• Strong communication skills/customer service relations.
• Excellent organizational/priority-setting skills.

Required Education:

• Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technology or Nursing Program.
• Graduate of a Military Training Program in Surgical Technology.
• Formal education/training may be substituted for individuals with 3+ years of prior experience as a surgical technologist.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.

Schedule Hours Per Week: 40.00
Schedule  Hours Per Day: 10.00
Schedule  Days Per Week: 4.00