Surgical Technician II - Operating Room

Southwest General•Middleburg Heights, OH

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Southwest General Health Center is a 352-bed community hospital in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, with 16 operating rooms offering a variety of surgical services and variable patient acuity. The Surgical Technician II provides surgical support under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse or Clinical Supervisor and supplies surgeons with needed instrumentation. The role serves as a liaison among physicians, patients and families, and collaborates with other healthcare team members. The Surgical Technician II assists with orienting new personnel, provides call coverage, attends team meetings, assists general surgery as needed, and may participate in interdisciplinary or departmental committees. The technician must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for general procedures in accordance with patients’ chronological age, developmental age, and/or psychosocial maturity. Call is required; the amount of call and weekend work depends on department needs. On-call sleep rooms are available.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technician school or an accredited school of Licensed Practical Nursing.
Prior experience as a Surgical Technician: one year.
For graduates of an accredited Licensed Practical Nursing school, one year of surgical technician or scrubbing experience is required.
Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association is required.

Nice To Haves

Passage of the National Surgical Technician Certification Exam is preferred.
For graduates of an accredited Licensed Practical Nursing school, two years of surgical technician or scrubbing experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide surgical support under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse or Clinical Supervisor.
Provide surgeons with needed instrumentation.
Act as a liaison between physicians, patients and families, and collaborate with other healthcare team members.
Assist in orienting new personnel.
Provide call coverage.
Attend team meetings.
Assist general surgery as needed.
May participate in interdisciplinary or departmental committees.
Provide care for general procedures appropriate to patients’ chronological age, developmental age, and/or psychosocial maturity.