Advanced Surgical Tech Outpatient

2 weeks ago


Dallas, United States UT Southwestern Full time
$8000 Sign-on Bonus 6:30am – 3:00pm Monday-Friday

Why UT Southwestern

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care and resources for our valued patients and employees. Ranked as the #1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth for the fifth consecutive year, we invite you to continue your healthcare career with us at UT Southwestern. You will discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for learning and advancement into leadership roles.

Job Summary

Join the UT Southwestern team as CST Certified Surgical Technologist As part of our highly skilled operating room team, the OR Tech will have the chance to work with world-renowned surgeons performing unique and life-changing surgeries. Helping to perform over 30,000 cases in 2022, our Certified Surgical Techs work with solid-organ transplants, cardiovascular surgeries, orthopeadics, and more. Our state-of-the-art hospital has 59 operating rooms suites allowing us to provide outstanding patient care while coordinating with our surgical team for all operating room needs.At UT Southwestern Medical Center, our Surgical Technicians assist in using cutting edge technology in the OR to help us merge together our mission to educate, discover, and heal. At UT Southwestern, the possibilities to explore your interests and advance your career are limitless.

Minimum Experience and Education

Ophthalmology experience desired.  Two to three (2-3) years’ experience with knowledge of eight (8) to ten (10) surgical specialties and able to operate basic/standard OR equipment. Surgical Technologist Certification; completion of an appropriate training program for surgical technology in the US military or US public health services; or was employed to practice surgical technology in a health care facility before September 1, 2009 required. Basic Life Support (BLS) course approved by American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) is required. High school diploma or equivalent is required.  Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English. 

Job Duties

Assists Registered Nurse Circulator by organizing, prioritizing tasks, and preparing operating room for each surgical procedure and arrival of patient in efficient and timely manner. Maintains ongoing communication with Registered Nurse Circulator regarding surgical procedure and patient status. Provides perioperative patient care through selection, inspection, and opening of surgical supplies and equipment in timely manner according to age specific concerns for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults and physician’s preference list. Applies standards of aseptic and sterile technique and corrects break in technique during surgical procedure. Creates and maintains sterile field with essential surgical supplies and equipment needed for surgical procedure in timely, functional, and organized manner. Promotes patient safety by checking all equipment for proper working order prior to surgical procedure. Performs sponge, sharps, and formal and inventory instrument counts with Registered Nurse Circulator at proper count intervals according to hospital policy and procedures. Passes surgical instruments and anticipates surgeon’s needs during. surgical procedure. Performs surgical hand scrubs and gowns and gloves self and others. Cleans and prepares surgical instruments for terminal sterilization. Assists with operating room turnover. Leads, directs, and coordinates perioperative patient care assignments of unlicensed members of healthcare team by serving as technical subject matter person, resource person, and/or preceptor to perioperative staff rotating through specialty service. Completes written clinical performance evaluation form in timely manner. Organizes and prioritizes perioperative tasks based on identified need. Demonstrates competency to operate surgical instruments, supplies, and equipment. Demonstrates proficiency and independence. Solves minor issues of counts and errors, patient care, relation- ships, equipment, supplies, and environment prior to management intervention. Provides and supports efforts to develop and maintain team environment. Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Must be able to read, write, and communicate in English Able to operate and troubleshoot standard/basic pieces of equipment in department. Constant walking, standing, bending, turning, and stopping. Must be able to lift and turn patients.

The following is the acronym, “PACT”, and is fundamental to all non-clinical positions at UT Southwestern Medical Center:

P-Problem Solving: Employees take ownership in solving problems effectively, efficiently, and to the satisfaction of customers, or managers. They show initiative in addressing areas of concern before they become problems. A-Ability, Attitude and Accountability: Employees exhibit ability to perform their job and conduct themselves in a professional and positive manner reflecting a professional environment readily assuming obligations in a dependable and reliable manner.  C-Communication, Contribution, and Collaboration: Who are our Customers? Anyone who requests our help, needs our work product, or receives our services. Employees focus on customer service with creative solutions while improving the customer experience through clear, courteous, and timely delivery and communication. Sharing ideas with others helps expand our contribution to department goals. T-Teamwork: Employees work to contribute to the department’s success by supporting co-workers, promoting excellence in work product and customer service, and in maintaining a satisfying, caring environment for each other.

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.



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