Duties:

• Performs technical skill duties in all operating room specialty service areas, ensuring that proper technical practices are employed according to accepted standards of process.

• Provides proper maintenance, assembly, handling, and sterilization techniques of specialty instrumentation.

• Follows aseptic technique.

• Proactively identifies contamination and/or breaks in aseptic technique and implements corrective actions.

• Performs surgical counts.

• Follows policies and procedures for incorrect counts and reports discrepancies appropriately.

• Labels drugs and solutions; monitors quantities used.

• Assists in the proper identification, preparation, handling, and labeling of surgical specimens.

• Actively participates in the planning and set up of instruments, supplies, and surgical drapes in an organized manner to provide optimal accessibility during the procedure.

• Assists the surgeon, demonstrating an understanding of the patient’s anatomy and abnormalities which affect the surgical procedure.

• Assists in picking cases and planning of instrument needs.

• Recognizes and modifies scrubbing procedures based on pertinent information to develop modifications to standard approaches to care and communicates with the surgical team.

• Responds to surgical emergencies and follows hospital-wide emergency management plans.

• Inventories, receives, and stores supplies under the direction of Surgical Services leadership.

• Identifies and reports defective instruments, supplies, and equipment.

• Assists with restocking operating/procedure rooms and sub-sterile areas.

• Assists the registered nurse during the intraoperative implementation phase of nursing practice.

• Operates complex equipment and other resources in the operating room, troubleshooting as necessary.

• Serves as a mentor for Surgical Technician Trainees and will serve as a preceptor as needed.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Minimum 1.5+ years’ experience.

• Strong communication skills/customer service relations.

• Excellent organizational/priority-setting skills.

Required Education:

• Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technology or Nursing Program; OR Graduate of a Military Training Program in Surgical Technology; OR Formal education/training may be substituted for individuals with 3+ years of prior experience as a surgical tech.

Shift: 11 am - 11:30 pm (within Mon – Fri)