Under the general supervision of the Director of Nursing and the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, the Surgical Technologist is responsible for filling the surgical scrub role on all types of minor and major surgical procedures. Assists physicians and nurses in various medical and technical procedures. These functions must be in compliance with the philosophy of the facility, standards of practice and regulations of governing agencies.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School graduate or equivalent required.
• Certification as a Surgical Technologist is required.
• Two years previous experience as an operating room technician desired.
• Current BLS

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Decision making concerning equipment and/or instrumentation sterilization.
• Patient care and patient flow
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Creates a safe environment in which surgery may take place.
• Uses medical equipment in a safe manner.
• Helps provide cost effective patient care.
• Implements principles of medical and surgical asepsis in accordance with recognized national standards and hospital specific policies and procedures.
• Provides physical safety for the patient.
• Accounts for sponges, needles, instruments, and other potential foreign bodies.
• Supports other hospital personnel in the performance of their duties.
• Assists surgeon in scrubbed cases.
• Pulls supplies for upcoming cases.
• Demonstrates cooperative work attitude towards and with coworkers, employees, management, patients, visitors and physicians.
• Maintains a safe work environment in compliance with OSHA guidelines and infection control standards.
• Demonstrates knowledge of instrument processing from decontamination to storage of Sterile packages.
• Checks room for cleanliness, availability of supplies and equipment for all assigned cases at the beginning of each day.
• Utilizes surgeon preference card to select packs, supplies, and instruments.
• Performs surgical hand scrub and provides sterile gown and gloves according to gowning and gloving policy.
• Maintains proper sterile technique when gowning and gloving surgeon and draping patient.
• Performs sponge, instrument, and needle counts according to count policy.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.