Surgical Tech - Full Time - Days

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary :

Under the leadership of the Director of Surgical Services, the Surgical Technician – Non -Certified is an active member of the department that collects data, provides comfort measures and basic care to patients. The Surgical Technician Certified prepares for scheduled and emergent cases, gathers required supplies and prepares for the next day’s cases. The Tech collaborates with the healthcare team providers to prepare for the peri-operative patient’s surgical procedures. The Tech assist with ordering and restocking of surgical suites with necessary supplies and records preference cards electronically providing up-to-date information that assists in achieving quality surgical outcomes for all cases. The Tech maintains instrumentation and surgical supplies on sterile field for accurate counting during procedures and signs off on count sheets after finishing cases to assure correct instrument and ancillary supply counts. The Tech decontaminates and prepares used instruments for transport to CS for terminal cleaning and sterilization and adheres to all procedures for labeling of medication or fluids on sterile field. The surgical tech functions in the capacity of a central sterile tech and assist with maintaining records for the processing of surgical instruments.

Basic Qualifications :

• Education :

Requires a high school diploma or a GED state certification and the successful completion of a Surgical Technician program.

Requires up to one year of work related experience or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Requires and maintains a certification in Basic Life Saving (BLS). (If BLS certification is not current upon hire, it must be obtained within the orientation period.

Essential Job Responsibilities :