Surgical Tech | PRN (Casual) - Ambulatory Surgery Center

NueHealth • Burnsville, MN

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About The Position

The Surgical Tech works in an ambulatory surgery center, assisting with scrubbed surgical cases and supporting safe, efficient patient care and operating room operations. The role involves preparing rooms, supplies, and instruments; maintaining sterile technique; assisting the surgeon; handling specimens and instrument processing; and following department, ASC, hospital, safety, and infection-control policies. The position also requires cooperative teamwork, clear and appropriately limited communication, confidentiality, and timely completion of assigned duties.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Two years of previous experience as an operating room technician.
• Current BLS.

Responsibilities

• Make decisions concerning equipment and instrument sterilization and biohazardous waste disposal.
• Perform housekeeping duties and support patient care and patient flow.
• Follow hospital practice standards and maintain patient confidentiality.
• Create a safe environment for surgery and use medical equipment safely.
• Help provide cost-effective patient care and apply medical and surgical asepsis principles in accordance with national standards and applicable policies and procedures.
• Provide for the patient's physical safety and account for sponges, needles, instruments, and other potential foreign bodies.
• Support other hospital personnel and assist the surgeon during scrubbed cases.
• Pull supplies for upcoming cases.
• Demonstrate a cooperative work attitude toward coworkers, employees, management, patients, visitors, and physicians.
• Maintain a safe work environment in compliance with OSHA guidelines and infection-control standards.
• Demonstrate knowledge of instrument processing from decontamination through storage of sterile packages.
• At the beginning of each day, check assigned rooms for cleanliness and availability of supplies and equipment.
• Use surgeon preference cards to select packs, supplies, and instruments.
• Perform a surgical hand scrub and don sterile gown and gloves according to policy.
• Maintain sterile technique when gowning and gloving the surgeon and draping the patient.
• Perform sponge, instrument, and needle counts according to policy.
• Handle specimens according to established policy.
• Transport instruments to the decontamination area using appropriate techniques and established procedures.
• Put away unused sterile supplies and instruments at the end of the day and restock operating rooms to established PAR levels.
• Follow attendance, punctuality, meal, and break-time policies.
• Complete work independently, within an acceptable time frame, and in an effective, productive, and efficient manner.
• Work as a team member in accordance with department and ASC rules of engagement and maintain a positive, proactive attitude toward resolving problems.
• Communicate information about patients or employees only as necessary for ASC business and maintain strict confidentiality with patients, families, hospital personnel, and the public.
• Keep the supervisor apprised of work progress and anticipate and promptly address customers' needs.
• Model core values and follow ASC and departmental safety policies and procedures.
• Report unsafe situations to the supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED