Surgical Tech Senior - Ambulatory Surgery Center

UNC Health•Chapel Hill, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Surgical Technologist II works under the supervision of a surgeon and registered nurse to support the safe and effective conduct of invasive surgical procedures. The role helps maintain a safe operating-room environment, ensure equipment functions properly, and maximize patient safety. Surgical technologists apply sterile and aseptic technique alongside knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures, instruments, and technologies. This position performs surgical scrub duties across multiple services and serves as a resource in at least one service line. The free-standing Ambulatory Surgery Center provides surgical care to pediatric and adult patients across orthopedics (sports), ENT/OHN, plastics, general laparoscopic surgery, general oncology, pediatric urology, urology, and dental services. Scrubbing ability is preferred but not required; experience in sports orthopedics or ENT is preferred. The role is onsite in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with a Monday–Friday schedule of four 10-hour shifts, 7:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. There is no call, holiday, or weekend work for this position. This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week state position employed by UNC Health Care System.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technology or Nursing Program, a military surgical technology training program, or formal education/training may be substituted for individuals with 5+ years of prior experience as a surgical tech.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.
Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) certification through the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting, or Tech in Surgery (TS-C) certification through the National Center of Competency Testing.
At least 3 years of professional experience.
Successful completion of the service-specific portion of the UNC Health Surgical Technologist competencies.
Strong communication and customer-service relations skills.
Excellent organizational and priority-setting skills.
Ability to function effectively as a mentor and team player.

Nice To Haves

Ability to scrub; preferred but not required.
Proficiency in sports orthopedics or ENT; either service line is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform technical duties across operating-room specialty service areas in accordance with accepted process standards.
Maintain, assemble, handle, and sterilize specialty instruments properly.
Follow aseptic technique, identify contamination or breaks in technique, and take corrective action.
Perform surgical counts, follow procedures for incorrect counts, and report discrepancies.
Establish and maintain the sterile field independently; label drugs and solutions and monitor quantities used.
Assist with identification, preparation, handling, and labeling of surgical specimens.
Participate in planning and organizing instruments, supplies, and surgical drapes for accessibility during procedures.
Assist the surgeon using knowledge of patient anatomy and abnormalities that may affect the procedure.
Prepare cases, help select cases and plan instrument needs, and correct deficiencies at the case level.
Adapt scrubbing procedures based on relevant information, communicate changes to the surgical team, respond to surgical emergencies, and follow emergency management plans.
Inventory, receive, and store supplies under Surgical Services leadership direction.
Model expected practices for new hires, trainees, and teammates; mentor peers and participate in teaching, guiding, and evaluating peers during orientation and annual review processes.
Identify and report defective instruments, supplies, and equipment; assist with restocking operating/procedure rooms and sub-sterile areas.
Assist the registered nurse during the intraoperative implementation phase of nursing practice.
Participate in research-project data collection under the direction of an RN.
Operate complex operating-room equipment and resources and troubleshoot as necessary.