Surgical Technologist – Critical Need

Job Description

Duties:

• Serves as scrub person for basic surgical procedures and participates in complex surgical procedures as needed.
• Follows department procedures for scrub persons by assembling surgical packs, supplies and instruments for surgical cases and preparing operating room for surgery.
• Inspects instruments and power equipment prior to use to assure operational order and troubleshoots, reports, and removes faulty instrument and equipment from service.
• Assures adequate amount of appropriate supplies and instrumentation are available in accordance with surgeon’s preference and counts all instruments, needles, and sponges with registered nurse according to procedure.
• Inventories and monitors instruments, sponges and needles on operative field using department count procedures.
• Adjusts instrumentation and supplies to changes in procedures and patient condition.
• Assists with monitoring and reporting blood and fluid loss during cases.
• Ascertains correctness of count prior to closure of body cavities and surgical wound. assist circulating nurse with restocking the room at end of shift.

Required Skills:

• CVOR Exp Required
• NBSTA certified