Surgical Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, physiology, and anatomy.
• Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills.
• Ability to provide care appropriate to the population served and to the ages of patients on the assigned unit.
• Ability to alert operating room staff to breaks in the sterile field and take appropriate corrective measures, using tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to maintain a fast pace, work for multiple surgeons, and anticipate their individual needs and preferences.
• Ability to ensure proper care, maintenance, and coordination of surgical instruments and supplies.
• Knowledge of life-span growth and development principles and ability to assess patient-status data and provide care according to departmental policies and procedures.
• One of the following: successful completion of an accredited O.R. Technician program, military training as a scrub tech, or two years of hands-on experience as a surgical technician.
• Current RQI Healthcare Provider eCredential through the University of Utah Health RQI system, to be obtained within 30 days of hire.
• Additional license requirements as determined by the hiring department.
• Ability to meet the position's physical requirements with or without accommodation, including lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and moving objects weighing up to 50 pounds; prolonged standing or walking; and wearing protective attire.

Nice To Haves

• Certification by the Surgical Technologist Association and two years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Check supplies, instrumentation, and equipment needed for procedures and ensure they are working properly.
• Open sterile supplies and set up the table for each surgical procedure.
• Provide and maintain a sterile field, ensure surgical team members are properly attired, and assist with draping the patient.
• Apply aseptic techniques and alert the surgeon or surgical team to sterile-field infractions.
• Anticipate and pass instruments and supplies to the surgeon.
• Follow perioperative count policy, counting sharps, instruments, sponges, and other items with the circulating nurse.
• Know which counted items are used at the sterile field.
• Clean, wrap, and prepare instruments for sterilization.
• Assist in maintaining specialty surgical services.
• Prepare sterile dressings for patient incisions.
• Orient medical and nursing students and technicians to the unit.
• Assist with developing unit goals and objectives, quality improvement, and cost-containment measures.
• Arrange for borrowing or lending equipment as directed.
• May assist with scheduling surgical procedures.