Surgical Technician, Part Time, Day Shift, No Weekends Or Holidays, No On-Call Rotation

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Scheduled Weekly Hours:

24

Job Description:

Major Responsibilities:

• Assists and anticipates needs of surgeon and surgical team by passing instrumentation, equipment and supplies accurately and quickly.

• Predicting the needs of the patient and surgeon and preparing necessary items for cases. Demonstrates working knowledge of instruments/equipment used in surgical procedures.

• Utilizes personal protective equipment. Assisting in the clean up of the room between procedures. Making necessary preparations for subsequent procedures and for the next days procedures, including restocking, supplying and coordinating materials required for use on procedures (may include documentation of usage).

• Directly responsible for maintaining aseptic integrity during the surgical procedure. Organizes sterile field for use, opens sterile supplies scrubbing and donning sterile gowns and gloves. Maintains correct account of sponges, needles, blades, and instruments with circulating RN per hospital SOP. Assist team members during entry to sterile field. Expose the operative site with sterile drapes.

• Actively participates in 'time out' procedure per hospital policy. Maintains proper handling of operative specimens for laboratory analysis/delivery to lab. Follows established specimen log for both OR and Lab.

• Prepares medications under the direct supervision of circulating RN

• Assists RN in performing circulating duties as directed. Performs other job-related responsibilities as requested to facilitate the smooth operation of department.

• Precepting newly employed Surgical Technologists, assistants and RN's.

• Adheres to regular and predictable attendance.

• Personally interacts, engages with and cares for patients.

• Ensures patient safety.

Education and Learning:

REQUIRED

Completion of a Surgical Technician Program

Work Experience:

REQUIRED

No experience required.

DESIRED

1 year

License and Certifications:

REQUIRED

Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) certification within 2 years of hire date

Current Infant-Adult Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers (with hands on learning) from one of the following programs: American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact the recruiter listed below:

Primary Recruiter:

Megan Wopat

Recruiter Email Address:

MJWopat@gundersenhealth.org

Equal Opportunity Employer