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, and a Level III Trauma Center and Primary Stroke Center. The Operating Room has 16 rooms providing a variety of surgical services, with varying patient acuity. The Surgical Technician II provides surgical support under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse or Clinical Supervisor, including providing surgeons with needed instrumentation. The role serves as a liaison among physicians, patients and families, and collaborates with other healthcare team members. The position 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 needed to provide care for patients undergoing general procedures, taking into account 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. The hospital notes that it offers no rotating shifts and free parking.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technician school or an accredited school of Licensed Practical Nursing.
Prior experience as a Surgical Technician: one year required.
For graduates of an accredited Licensed Practical Nursing school, one year of surgical technician/scrubbing experience is required; two years is preferred.
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/scrubbing experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide surgical support under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse or Clinical Supervisor.
Provide surgeons with required instrumentation.
Act as a liaison between physicians, patients and families.
Collaborate with other healthcare team members.
Assist with orientation of 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 while accounting for patients’ chronological age, developmental age, and/or psychosocial maturity.