Certified Surgical Technician

5 months ago

Brownsville, United States DHR Health Full time
POSITION EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS:

    • High School/GED required
    • Credentialed by the LCC-ST or NSAA as a certified first assistant/certified surgical assistant or certified surgical tech having graduated from an accredited program in route to certification with proof of eligibility to take the exam for certification.
    • CST with current certification and two (2) full years of first assisting preferred.
    • CST with current certification who has completed an approved first assistant/surgical assistant program
    • Must be able to be sensitive to cultural and bilingual issues.
    • Good written and verbal communication skills required.
    • Ability to read, write and speak English
    • Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, administration, and physicians
    • Prefer hospital experience
    • Current BLS certification
    • NRP certification within six (6) months of hire for Women's Hospital employees
    • Must be flexible with work scheduling
    JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:
    • Six (6) months - One (1) year continuous experience as a Certified Surgical Technologist (CST), Certified First Assistant (CFA) or Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA).
    • Must have proficient organizational skills and computer skills
    • Must have excellent customer service skills.
    • High degree of competency/experience in general.
    • Requires good communication and organizational skills.
    • Requires reasoning ability and good independent judgment.


    POSITION RESPONSIBILITES:
    • Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practice
    • Determines specific equipment needed per surgical procedure.
    • Reviewing permit to confirm procedure and special needs and participatingin "time out."
    • Appropriately select and place diagnostic tests for reference.
    • Assists in moving and positioning the patient.
    • Inserts and removes of foley urinary catheter.
    • Appropriately places the pneumatic tourniquet.
    • Confirms the procedure with the surgeon.
    • Appropriately drapes the patient within the surgeon's guidelines.
    • Provides retraction of tissues and organs for optimal visualization with regard totissue type and appropriate retraction instrument and/or technique.
    • Assists in maintaining hemostasis by direct pressure, using and applying of appropriate surgical instrument for the task, placement of ties, placement of ligatures, applying chemical hemostatic agents, or other measures as directed by the surgeon.
    • Ability to utilize unipolar and bipolar electrocautery.
    • Harvests saphenous vein, including skin incision, per surgeon's directive.
    • Maintains the integrity of sterile field.
    • Closes wound layers, (subcutaneous and skin) as per surgeon's directive.
    • Inserts drainage tubes per surgeon's directive.
    • Selects and applies wound pressure.
    • Assist in resuscitation of patient during cardiac arrest or other life threatening events in the operating room.
    • Insertion of femoral arterial line under surgeon's directive.
    • Performing any other duties or procedures incident to the surgical proceduredeemed necessary and directed by the surgeon.
    • Performs other duties as assigned

    LINES OF REPSONSIBILITES:

    (Chain-of-command)

    1. Registered Nurse → 2. Charge RN → 3. Supervisor

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