Surgical Technician, Shelbyville Hospital, OR, 6:30a-3p

UofL Health•Shelbyville, KY

5d•Onsite

About The Position

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute, and Brown Cancer Center. With more than 12,000 team members, UofL Health’s mission is to deliver patient-centered care to every patient, every day. The Surgical Technician prepares and maintains the sterile operative field, passes instruments and supplies during procedures, tracks counts and medications, and handles surgical specimens as directed. The role also prepares operating rooms for procedures, assists with room turnover and patient positioning, and cleans, reprocesses, and stores instruments and equipment. The technician is expected to obtain continuing education units for certification and to follow organizational policies, safety standards, confidentiality requirements, and service expectations. This position is based at Shelbyville Hospital in Shelbyville, Kentucky, in the operating room. The listed shift is first shift, 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA).
Scrub Tech Certification.
Strong relationship-building skills and ability to establish and maintain partnerships across UofL Health.
Initiative and ability to gather and analyze information and consider alternative resources and approaches.
Ability to break complex tasks into manageable parts, consider input from multiple sources, and attend to details and accuracy.
Problem-solving skills, including timely identification and resolution of problems and development of alternative solutions.
Flexibility and ability to adjust to changing organizational and patient experience needs.
Adequate conversational English to take direction, understand and complete tasks, communicate as needed, and follow safety guidelines and organizational policies.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret instructions, and determine appropriate courses of action.
Comfort using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint as needed; ability to learn the electronic documentation system and other relevant systems and databases.
Commitment to professionalism, confidentiality, safety, teamwork, customer service, and UofL Health’s values.

Nice To Haves

Completion of surgical technology training at an accredited school.
Prior patient care experience.

Responsibilities

Prepare the patient’s operative area, drape the sterile field, and maintain an aseptic environment throughout procedures; report contamination to the surgical team.
Pass instruments, sponges, and sutures to the surgeon and surgical assistants.
Count needles, sponges, and instruments at appropriate intervals and identify and monitor medications.
Receive and handle surgical specimens as directed by the surgeon.
Prepare the operating room by setting up tables, instruments, and supplies according to the type of case, and assist with room turnover.
Clean, reprocess, and store instruments and equipment.
Obtain appropriate continuing education units for certification.
Restock operating rooms and supply cabinets according to departmental procedures.
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.
Work collaboratively and support team members; provide effective customer service to physicians, patients, residents, visitors, staff, and the broader health care community.
Perform other duties as assigned.