Surgical Technologist/Operating Room

Summary of Position: Assists surgical staff with direct patient care activities.

Assumes responsibility for providing technical assistance in the operating room.

Assists in the delivery of quality patient care through utilization of technical skills. Performs technical duties relating to scrub role, including smooth, precise, and efficient reaction to all situations, and assists with departmental work as assigned.

Primary Job Responsibilities: Maintenance: Obtains and checks necessary supplies, instruments and equipment needs to meet both patient and surgeon intra-operative needs, ensuring availability and function. Sterilization: Applies knowledge of surgical asepsis when arranging and opening surgical packs, instrument trays and selected supplies.

Monitors maintenance of aseptic technique of the surgical team both pre-operatively and intra-operatively. Performs gowning, gloving and draping techniques according to department policy. Maintains a clean and orderly work area when performing the scrub role.

Surgical Assists: Performs duties of the surgical assistant as directed by departmental management under the supervision of the circulating registered nurse during daily and emergent situations.

Hands surgical instruments and supplies to the surgeon and the assistant intra-operatively so that the surgical teams# attention remains on the operative field.

Anticipates the need of the surgical team throughout the surgical procedure. Demonstrates knowledge of proper function of the surgical instrumentation. Communication: Reports the location of drains, implants, grafts, etc inserted intra-operatively.

Ensures that the circulating registered nurse has all necessary information for documentation on the OR record. Patient Safety: Provides for patient safety through preventive measures.

Practices appropriate hand-washing techniques, adheres to infection control, and isolation procedures. Responds appropriately to fire, disaster and other emergency situations. Time Management:

Follows instructions accurately, organizes multiple tasks, and establishes day-to-day priorities. Minimum Qualifications: High school diploma.

Has successfully completed a nationally accredited educational program for surgical technologists and holds and maintains a certified surgical technologist credential administered by a nationally accredited surgical technologist credentialing organization; or has completed an appropriate training program for surgical technology in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; or provides evidence that the person was employed as a surgical technologist in a healthcare facility for a cumulative period of one year, occurring within the four years immediately prior to January 1, 2015; or is in the service of the federal government, to the extent the person is performing duties related to that service. Required Skills, Abilities and Attributes: Ability to organize and establish day-to-day priorities while utilizing critical thinking skills in all aspects of the job.

Must be able to multitask while remaining professional, focused, composed and positive. Excellent customer service skills and must display integrity, friendliness and compassion. Must be able to establish an appropriate and effective rapport with patients, co-workers and medical staff.

Must be able to demonstrate effective and appropriate written and oral communication skills. Must have basic math skills including adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. Ability to take and follow direction in a positive and appropriate manner.

Must be flexible to take initiative and embrace new opportunities to grow both personally and organizationally. Must be efficient and effective in the use of resources. Basic computer skills .

Summary of Position:

Assists surgical staff with direct patient care activities.

Assumes responsibility for providing technical assistance in the operating room.

Assists in the delivery of quality patient care through utilization of technical skills. Performs technical duties relating to scrub role, including smooth, precise, and efficient reaction to all situations, and assists with departmental work as assigned.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

Maintenance: Obtains and checks necessary supplies, instruments and equipment needs to meet both patient and surgeon intra-operative needs, ensuring availability and function.

Sterilization: Applies knowledge of surgical asepsis when arranging and opening surgical packs, instrument trays and selected supplies.

Monitors maintenance of aseptic technique of the surgical team both pre-operatively and intra-operatively. Performs gowning, gloving and draping techniques according to department policy. Maintains a clean and orderly work area when performing the scrub role.

Surgical Assists: Performs duties of the surgical assistant as directed by departmental management under the supervision of the circulating registered nurse during daily and emergent situations.

Hands surgical instruments and supplies to the surgeon and the assistant intra-operatively so that the surgical teams' attention remains on the operative field.

Anticipates the need of the surgical team throughout the surgical procedure. Demonstrates knowledge of proper function of the surgical instrumentation.

Communication: Reports the location of drains, implants, grafts, etc inserted intra-operatively.

Ensures that the circulating registered nurse has all necessary information for documentation on the OR record.

Patient Safety: Provides for patient safety through preventive measures.

Practices appropriate hand-washing techniques, adheres to infection control, and isolation procedures. Responds appropriately to fire, disaster and other emergency situations.

Time Management:

Follows instructions accurately, organizes multiple tasks, and establishes day-to-day priorities.

Minimum Qualifications:

High school diploma.

Has successfully completed a nationally accredited educational program for surgical technologists and holds and maintains a certified surgical technologist credential administered by a nationally accredited surgical technologist credentialing organization; or has completed an appropriate training program for surgical technology in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; or provides evidence that the person was employed as a surgical technologist in a healthcare facility for a cumulative period of one year, occurring within the four years immediately prior to January 1, 2015; or is in the service of the federal government, to the extent the person is performing duties related to that service.

Required Skills, Abilities and Attributes:

• Ability to organize and establish day-to-day priorities while utilizing critical thinking skills in all aspects of the job.

• Must be able to multitask while remaining professional, focused, composed and positive.

• Excellent customer service skills and must display integrity, friendliness and compassion.

• Must be able to establish an appropriate and effective rapport with patients, co-workers and medical staff.

• Must be able to demonstrate effective and appropriate written and oral communication skills.

• Must have basic math skills including adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.

• Ability to take and follow direction in a positive and appropriate manner.

• Must be flexible to take initiative and embrace new opportunities to grow both personally and organizationally.

• Must be efficient and effective in the use of resources.

• Basic computer skills

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