Certified Surgical Tech (CST), CVOR, FT Days

Prisma Health•Greenville, SC

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Surgical Tech performs the Surgical Technologist role for a specialty team, with CVOR specialty training used on a daily basis at a Level I trauma center. Specialty teams must take specialty call, including weekends. The role coordinates instrumentation and sterile-field needs, prepares the surgical field and back table, assists the surgeon during procedures, and supports other operating-room staff. Work must follow standards and guidelines of applicable industry agencies, including TJC, AAMI, AST, FDA, and CDC. The position prepares operating rooms for cases, assists the surgical team during procedures, maintains the sterile field and safe patient-care practices, and cleans and prepares rooms between procedures and at the end of the day. The role also supports coworker coaching, mentoring, training, and new-team-member integration, and completes specialty-team responsibilities and ongoing education as applicable. This is a non-management position reporting to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Requirements

Successful completion of a Surgical Technology program or Surgical Technologist training in the U.S. Armed Forces.
No previous experience required.
Maintain Surgical Technologist certification; NBSTSA certification is required, with NCCT certification accepted only under the stated prior-employment or military-training conditions.
Complete 15 hours of mandatory Surgical Technologist education annually.
Be able to take call, including weekends.
For CVOR, be able to set up and scrub new technology procedures such as TAVR, LVAD, Impella, ablation, Transmyocardio Laser, assist devices, and endovascular cases.
For CVOR, have knowledge and understanding of the Heart Lung Machine and its function with the cardiovascular system in relation to patient cannulation.

Responsibilities

Prepare the operating room by opening sterile supplies, setting up the back table, and arranging instruments and supplies according to the case and the surgeon’s preference card.
Provide technical assistance with patient preparation and specialty equipment.
Assist the surgical team during operative procedures.
Help maintain correct surgical counts; identify and care for specimens; and handle drugs and solutions under the direction of the RN.
Maintain the sterile field and follow accepted standards for safe patient care in the surgical environment.
Comply with policies for safe working conditions and report unsafe conditions.
Clean and prepare rooms between procedures and perform terminal cleaning at the end of the day.
Return unused supplies, instruments, and extra equipment to proper storage.
Model Prisma Health behavior expectations and assist with coaching, mentoring, training, and integration of new team members as assigned.
Fulfill specialty-team responsibilities, including a separate call schedule and ongoing education as applicable.
For CVOR, set up and scrub new technology procedures, including TAVR, LVAD, Impella, ablation, Transmyocardio Laser, assist devices, and endovascular cases.
Perform other duties as assigned.