Certified Surgical Technologist

Category:
Nursing Unlicensed

City:
Martin
State:
Tennessee
Shift:
8 - Day (United States of America)

Job Description Summary:
Responsible for aiding the professional nurse or physician in providing optimal patient care, addressing age specific needs, in the assigned single operating room in a scrub capacity. Responsible for providing patient care for assigned shift as scheduled full time or part time. Under the supervision of the Clinical Coordinator. Employee is subject to call back and overtime as required by the hospital.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Demonstrates thorough knowledge of principles of asepsis ensuring that proper techniques and practices are maintained, in providing age-specific patient care.
• Identifies needed supplies and prepares equipment, packs, and room for patient and procedure, addressing age-specific patient care needs.
• Scrubs, gowns and gloves self and physician for surgical procedures.
• Handles and passes instruments correctly and insures their proper functionality and storage.
• Insures correct sponge, needle, and instrument counts.
• Insures proper handling of all lab and tissue specimens according to established protocol.
• Assumes responsibility for proper handling, sterilization, and stocking of supplies.
• Relieves on cases at or during change of shift, breaks, or meal times, following correct protocol, to insure continuity of care.
• Assists with table and room clean up following procedure, and prepares room for the next procedure within scheduled allocated times.
• Assists in circulating when necessary under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse in a single operating room.
• Access to medications.
• May assist surgeon in operating room as needed.
• Performs related responsibilities as required or directed.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

• Skill and proficiency in the technical field of operating room technician. Such proficiency as acquired through the completion of a nine month to one year vocational program for surgical technologists.

LICENSURE, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION:

• Hold current national certification established by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) or a Tech in Surgery - Certified (TS-C) by the National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) or grandfathered in and completes 15 hours of continuing education annually or earns and maintains CST certification.
• Current BLS Certification

EXPERIENCE:

• Ability to scrub during surgical cases as acquired through three months of department orientation.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of hospital and department policies and procedures, surgical procedures, instruments, and equipment.

NONDISCRIMINATION NOTICE STATEMENT

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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