Surgical Tech II, Nights/Weekends - $20k Bonus

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Surgical Tech II facilitates patient care by assisting physicians/nursing staff before, during and after surgical procedures by creating and maintaining, a sterile field and providing the instruments and supplies required by the surgeons in a sterile manner according to established plan for patient care with occasional guidance. A Surgical Tech. is able to perform competently most of the cases in a given service/shift. Perioperative Services is a multi-disciplinary department with over 800 employees, each playing an integral role in providing exceptional care for our surgical patients throughout their surgical experience. The environment on our unit is fast paced, flexible, team-oriented with a focus on providing excellent surgical care to accommodate all our patient population. We care for Adult patients who are being treated for surgical needs including emergent, urgent, or scheduled. Our patients are unique because we care for all types of patients who require surgical intervention.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved specific discipline OR successful completion of a surgical technologist training program during the applicant's service as a member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States.
Min. 1 year of relevant work experience.
Certification from one of the listed issuers below: NBSTSA CST – National Board of Surgical Technologist and Surgical Assistants, Certified Surgical Technologist. NCCT – TSC – National Center for Competency Testing, Tech In Surgery.
If graduate of surgical technologist armed forces training program, no certification is required.

Nice To Haves

Surgical Equipment Knowledge (Novice): Knowledge of the specific equipment and its performance criteria, capabilities and limitations. Able to use the equipment to accomplish basic tasks associated with the specific devices. May conduct remedial maintenance and preventive maintenance.
Procedures Knowledge (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience, training, direct exposure, or past experience working with procedures knowledge.
Operating Room Care (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate operating room care in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.
Environmental Sterility & Safety (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience, training, direct exposure, or past experience working with environmental sterility and safety.
Inventory Management (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience, training, direct exposure, or past experience working with Inventory Management. Understands Inventory Management concepts and principles. Familiar with Inventory Management tools, processes, procedures and policies.
Surgical Technology (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate surgical technology in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
Equipment Maintenance (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience, training, direct exposure, or past experience conducting maintenance activities in area of assignments.
Provides guidance to entry level co-workers.
Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Responsibilities

Facilitates patient care, by assisting the surgeon before, during and after surgical procedures.
Plans, sets up, performs and cleans up the assigned surgical procedure as a circulator and as a scrub tech.
Performs sharp, sponge and instrument counts according to policy.
Demonstrates knowledge of and the ability to apply the Principles of Asepsis in creating and maintaining the sterile field.
Performs sharp, sponge and instrument counts according to policy.
The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.