Surg tech

Yale New Haven Health•Bridgeport, CT

About The Position

The Surgical Technologist is a novice member of the surgical team who requires close supervision by a mentor or experienced personnel due to limited or lack of clinical experience. The role works closely with surgeons, anesthesiologists, registered nurses, and other surgical personnel to deliver patient care, with supervised responsibilities before, during, and after surgery. Duties include preparing the operating room and the instruments, equipment, and supplies needed; positioning and preparing patients for surgery; and passing instruments, sponges, and sutures to the surgeon. At Bridgeport Hospital, employees contribute to coordinated, quality care centered on patients' specific needs. All employees are part of the patient care team and support access, continuous and comprehensive care, and quality improvement. Employees are expected to support the YNHHS Vision and Mission and embody its Values of integrity, patient-centeredness, respect, accountability, and compassion. The role demonstrates patient-care concepts, sterile technique, surgical case presentation skills, the role of a scrub person and assisting circulator, and professional accountability. It also completes non-therapeutic functions under the direction of a physician, PA, APRN, or RN.

Requirements

Graduate of a CAAHEP-accredited surgical technology program, a formal program as defined by the LCCST, or completion of Bridgeport Hospital's structured on-the-job training program.
Completion of a licensed Certified Surgical Technology Program.
Newly hired Surgical Technologists must be certified or obtain certification within one year of employment; Surgical Technicians hired before January 1, 2012 are grandfathered in.
Demonstrate knowledge of all aspects of the surgical department and work independently on minor or minimally complex cases.
Use the recommended guidelines in the Association of Surgical Technologists Standards of Practice to perform job responsibilities.
Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, or crouch; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk and hear.
Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Verify the patient's identity with a registered nurse.
Apply principles of asepsis, disinfection, and sterile technique when caring for supplies, instruments, and the environment and assisting with operative procedures.
Apply knowledge of normal and pathological anatomy and physiology to individualize patient care and demonstrate surgical case presentation skills.
Perform scrub-person duties, including correct hand scrubbing, gowning and gloving others, tying and securing sterile gowns, and completing scrub protocol before each case according to operating-room standards.
Prepare the operative site under the direction of a registered nurse and assist surgical team members as needed; report procedure status to the relief team.
Recognize individual accountability for professional actions.
Under the direction of an MD, PA, APRN, or RN, remove medications sent from the Pharmacy or Hospital Supply through the pneumatic tube system to the unit or patient-care area.
Prepare the operating room and the instruments, equipment, and supplies needed for surgery.
Position and prepare the patient for surgery.
Pass instruments, sponges, and sutures to the surgeon.