Surgical Technologist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma required.
• Two years of scrubbing experience, with a high degree of leadership and professionalism, required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required upon hire.
• Ability to travel between system facilities and off-site locations as needed.
• Ability to work and communicate in a team setting with physicians, nurses, patients, and other technologists.
• Positive attitude and outgoing personality.
• Technical abilities include clear communication, equipment calibration, surgical instrumentation, precise hand-eye coordination, passing and assembling instruments, manipulating small items, fine motor skills, threading needles, handling micro-instrumentation, and working under an operating microscope.
• Physical abilities include moving patients, carts, instruments, equipment, and supplies; standing for procedures for up to six uninterrupted hours; pushing, pulling, lifting, reaching, climbing, walking, and holding retractors for extended periods; lifting extremities up to 30 pounds, patients up to 100 pounds, and instrument sets up to 40 pounds; and restraining patients immediately post-op if needed.
• Ability to take call and handle emergency or urgent cases after hours for extended periods.
• Mental abilities include performing counts, interpreting preference cards, understanding procedures and anatomy, anticipating patient and surgeon needs, sequencing case setup tasks, maintaining concentration for extended periods, adapting between cases and services, following departmental rules and procedures with minimal supervision, and organizing instruments and supplies.
• Sensory abilities include seeing and distinguishing instruments and supplies, hearing the surgeon and other team members while wearing a mask, feeling instruments and sutures, and distinguishing colors.

Nice To Haves

• Completion of an approved surgical technologist education program.
• Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) certification preferred upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate, up-to-date physician preference cards and collaborate with surgical staff on timely updates; work with new physicians to develop case preferences.
• Ensure appropriate packs are ordered for specialty cases and develop specialty packs as needed.
• Communicate with surgeons to identify equipment and supply needs for non-routine procedures and ensure they are available to the surgical team.
• Communicate special needs and instructions to the surgical team.
• Lead the team toward targeted benchmarks for on-time starts and room turnovers.
• Review the surgery schedule several weeks in advance to identify procedures requiring special supplies or equipment.
• Provide leadership to specialty team members and foster teamwork.
• Mentor surgery personnel who need instruction or guidance with unfamiliar procedures.
• Coordinate with sales representatives to provide equipment for surgeons as needed.
• Work with the OR Supervisor to ensure appropriate personnel are assigned to cases.
• Provide staff performance input to the Director and OR Supervisor(s), maintaining anecdotal records as needed.
• Participate in development of annual operating and capital budgets as they relate to specialties.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Travel between system facilities and off-site locations as needed.

Benefits

• Concierge services
• Employee lounge
• Wellness programs
• Free covered parking
• Free on-site and virtual health clinics