OR Tech

Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Join Our Team at Peachtree Orthopedics and Help Others "Get Better" At Peachtree Orthopedics, we're on a mission to make a difference in healthcare, and we're looking for dedicated individuals to join our team. With nine convenient offices across Greater Atlanta, we're committed to providing top-notch care, and your skills and passion can make a real impact. We're not the largest practice in Atlanta, but we take pride in delivering dedicated and compassionate care to everyone who walks through our doors. If you're ready to be part of a team that values your contribution and offers room for growth, consider joining us in our mission to help others "Get Better." Our Culture Peachtree Orthopedics has a rich history of 70 years in business and has earned recognition as a Top Workplace by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for 6 consecutive years. We take pride in our family-oriented, dedicated, passionate, and hardworking culture. When you join our team, you become a part of a community that values excellence in healthcare while working in a supportive and nurturing environment. Why Choose Peachtree Orthopedics? At Peachtree Orthopedics, we offer more than a job; we offer an opportunity to be part of something extraordinary: Limitless Growth: Propel your career with abundant professional development opportunities within our dynamic organization. Empathetic Culture: Immerse yourself in a supportive, lively work culture that values your well-being and celebrates your contributions. Dedication to Excellence: Join a team of like-minded individuals who share your commitment to delivering top-notch care to our cherished patients. Your Impactful Role Assists in the preparation of the operating room and sterile field as directed by the surgical procedure, utilizing principles of aseptic technique. Provides physiological comfort and psychological support based on individual patient needs. Maintains awareness of intraoperative care to include, but not limited to, patient identification, site/procedure verification, airway management, fire safety, and specimen collection. Maintains surgical counts with the circulating nurse and reports corrections and discrepancies. Assists with positioning and draping the surgical patient. Anticipates the surgeon's needs. Reports any breaks in technique for correction to the offender. Maintains awareness of surgical schedule progression and communicates pertinent delays and changes to the team. Cares for specimens and cultures as directed. Assists in the application of dressing, casts, and in the movement of the patient as directed. Decontaminates all equipment, instruments, supplies, and cleans the room. Maintains a professional relationship with equipment/sales representatives Appropriately handles the disposal of biohazardous materials. Understands and performs the proper technique of equipment in the assigned work area. Adheres to POSC procedures, policies, and standards. Maintains the area of Special Assignments. Responsible for training new employees. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent required.
Graduate of an accredited surgical technology program required.
BLS certification required.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Materials Management in a surgical setting is desired.
Surgical Technologist with one or more years’ experience preferred.
Certification in Surgical Technology preferred.
This position requires involvement in the preparation of State and AAAHC Surveys.
Surgical Technician certification preferred.
BLS rectification required.

Responsibilities

Assists in the preparation of the operating room and sterile field as directed by the surgical procedure, utilizing principles of aseptic technique.
Provides physiological comfort and psychological support based on individual patient needs.
Maintains awareness of intraoperative care to include, but not limited to, patient identification, site/procedure verification, airway management, fire safety, and specimen collection.
Maintains surgical counts with the circulating nurse and reports corrections and discrepancies.
Assists with positioning and draping the surgical patient.
Anticipates the surgeon's needs.
Reports any breaks in technique for correction to the offender.
Maintains awareness of surgical schedule progression and communicates pertinent delays and changes to the team.
Cares for specimens and cultures as directed.
Assists in the application of dressing, casts, and in the movement of the patient as directed.
Decontaminates all equipment, instruments, supplies, and cleans the room.
Maintains a professional relationship with equipment/sales representatives
Appropriately handles the disposal of biohazardous materials.
Understands and performs the proper technique of equipment in the assigned work area.
Adheres to POSC procedures, policies, and standards.
Maintains the area of Special Assignments.
Responsible for training new employees.
Other duties as assigned.