Certified Surgical Technologist

BHS•Louisville, KY

About The Position

Baptist Health Medical Group is hiring a Certified Surgical Technologist for Vascular Surgery in the St. Matthews area. This full-time, first-shift role supports the patient care team in the operating room. The technologist functions as a scrubbed member of the team, maintains aseptic technique, and assists with surgical procedures under direct supervision.

Requirements

Associate degree required.
Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) certification required.
One year of job-related experience required.

Responsibilities

Assist with transferring and positioning patients under direct supervision.
Assist with room turnover.
Obtain necessary equipment and positioning supplies for cases.
Ensure scheduled and emergent cases have complete case carts.
Communicate with operating room staff, clinical coordinators, the control desk charge nurse, and the manager.
Assist with orientation of new personnel and students as requested; serve as a resource through orientation, mentoring, and coaching.
Maintain aseptic technique when opening supplies and during surgical cases, including while tying and snapping surgical gowns and moving in the operating room.
Assist with preparing the preoperative site and draping the patient.
Perform activities required during operations under the surgeon’s direct supervision, including handling instruments, sponges, sutures, catheters, drains, and dressings.
Observe for and correct breaks in aseptic technique.
Handle specimens.
Make appropriate decisions using evidence-based practice and demonstrate critical thinking skills.
Assist with retraction of tissue and organs.
Assist the physician during procedures as necessary and within scope of practice.
Transfer and irrigate with fluids.
Transfer, but do not administer, drugs within the sterile field.
Assist with sponging or suctioning the operative site.
Prepare or cut suture material.
Perform skin closure under the surgeon’s direct supervision.
Apply dressings.