Certified Surgical Technician - PRN

Lifepoint Health • Las Cruces, NM

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Surgical Technician (CST) plays a crucial role in maintaining the sterile field within the operating room, ensuring strict adherence to aseptic techniques to prevent contamination and infection. This role involves assisting the surgical team as the sterile member, passing instruments, sutures, and sponges during surgical procedures. The CST is responsible for preparing the operating room before an operation, organizing sterile tables with instruments, linens, and solutions, and operating equipment such as sterilizers and suction machines. They also maintain the supply of fluids needed during surgery, prepare patients for surgery by cleaning and positioning them, and apply sterile drapes. The CST scrubs in, dons sterile attire, and works within the sterile field to handle sterilized items. They anticipate the surgeon's needs, efficiently passing instruments and providing necessary sterile items. Additionally, the CST assists with specimen preparation and disposal, holds retractors, cuts sutures, applies dressings, and cleans and restocks the operating room. They must adhere to professional standards, attend in-service training, and provide age-appropriate care. Non-essential functions include serving internal and external customers, handling sensitive information, understanding healthcare regulations like HIPAA, and performing other assigned duties.

Requirements

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• High School Diploma or equivalent Preferred; Surgical technologists graduate from surgical technology program (Years of relevant experience may be substituted for required education/certification.)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required one month from hire date

Nice To Haves

• Surgical technologists graduate from surgical technology program

Responsibilities

• Maintain the sterile field in the operating room, being constantly vigilant to see that proper aseptic techniques are utilized to prevent contamination and infection.
• Assist the surgical team as the sterile member who passes instruments, sutures, and sponges during surgery.
• Help set up the operating room and organizes sterile table with surgical instruments and equipment, sterile linens, and sterile solutions.
• Check, adjust, and operate equipment such as sterilizers, lights, suction machines, electrosurgical units, and diagnostic equipment.
• Maintain supply of fluids such as plasma, saline, blood, and glucose for use during operation.
• Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving, and disinfecting incision sites. Also transports, positions patients on table, and covers them with sterile surgical "drapes."
• Scrub hands and arms, put on sterile operating room attire to be able to work within the sterile field established around the patient and to handle the sterilized instruments, equipment, and supplies used in the procedure.
• Anticipate the needs of the surgeon, passing instruments, and providing sterile items in an efficient manner.
• Help prepare, care for, and dispose of specimens taken for laboratory analysis, holds retractors, cuts sutures, and applies dressings as directed.
• Clean and restock the operating room.
• Adhere to The Joint Commission (TJC) on professional standards and attend hospital in-service training sessions as directed.
• Provide age-appropriate care for all age groups.

Benefits

• Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier.
• We believe that success is achieved through talented people.
• We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
• We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life.
• We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED