Surgical Technician, UofL Hospital, OR, 6a-4:30p

UofL Health • Louisville, KY

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Surgical Technician renders direct patient care under the supervision of the Registered Nurse during surgical intervention. The role anticipates and provides equipment, supplies, and instruments to the surgical team using principles of sterile technique to care for surgical patients.

The position prepares the patient's operative area, drapes the sterile field, and maintains an aseptic environment throughout procedures. It passes instruments, sponges, and sutures to surgeons and surgical assistants; counts needles, sponges, and instruments at appropriate intervals; monitors medications; and receives and handles specimens as directed by the surgeon. The Surgical Technician also prepares operating rooms for cases, assists with room turnover, and cleans, reprocesses, and stores instruments and equipment.

The role works collaboratively with the surgical team and other departments, complies with organizational policies, HIPAA privacy and security requirements, and safety standards, and demonstrates professionalism, confidentiality, flexibility, and exceptional customer service. The technician may also assist with patient transfer and positioning as directed.

Requirements

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Completion of a hospital-based surgical technologist training program, or graduation from a military training program in surgical technology.
• Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA).
• Adequate conversational English to take direction, understand and complete job tasks, communicate with patients and coworkers, and follow safety guidelines and organizational policies.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and interpret a wide variety of instructions.
• Ability to identify and understand issues, problems, and opportunities, determine a course of action, and develop appropriate solutions.
• Strong relationship-building skills and ability to establish connections and partnerships across UofL Health.
• Initiative and ability to gather and analyze information and consider alternative resources and directions.
• Ability to break down complex tasks systematically and consider input from several sources.
• Attention to detail, including gathering relevant data and checking work for accuracy and quality.
• Problem-solving skills, including timely issue resolution and development of alternative solutions.
• Flexibility and ability to adjust to changing organizational and patient experience needs.
• Comfort with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint as needed.
• Ability to learn and appropriately use the electronic documentation system and other relevant systems and databases.

Nice To Haves

• Graduation from an accredited surgical technologist program.
• Completion of a UofL Health Surgical Technologist training program.
• Prior patient care experience.
• Demonstrated competence in the surgical technician role.

Responsibilities

• Prepare the patient's operative area, drape the sterile field, and maintain an aseptic environment using sterile technique throughout procedures.
• Report contamination of the sterile field to the surgical team.
• Pass instruments, sponges, and sutures to the surgeon and surgical assistants.
• Count needles, sponges, and instruments at appropriate intervals.
• Identify and monitor medications.
• Receive and handle surgical specimens as directed by the surgeon.
• Prepare the operating room by setting up the table, instruments, and supplies according to the type of case.
• Assist with operating room turnover.
• Clean, reprocess, and store instruments and equipment.
• Assist with patient transfer and positioning as directed by the surgeon or circulating nurse.
• Comply with company policies, procedures, standards of conduct, HIPAA privacy and security requirements, and applicable safety standards.
• Maintain confidentiality and protect sensitive data.
• Collaborate with and support team members, physicians, patients, residents, visitors, staff, and the broader health care community.
• Demonstrate professionalism, customer service, and commitment to organizational values.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED