Dental Surgical Technician

Crowns Now DuraSmile is looking for a Surgical Technician to join our talented and dedicated team. Great benefits include paid vacation, sick, 401k with match, medical, and dental benefits.

Qualifications:

• Successful completion of an accredited educational program for surgical technologists or appropriate surgical technologist training in the U.S. Armed forces.
• No previous experience required.
• Certification with NBSTSA or NCCT certification accepted if the Surgical Technician was employed as a Surgical Technician in South Carolina prior to January 1, 2008, or completed a Surgical Technician military training program.
• In lieu of the education requirement only, must be current with mandatory 15 hours annually of Surgical Technician continuing education AND either have been employed as a Surgical Technician in South Carolina prior to January.
• Team members employed in this job prior to July 1, 2020, without Surgical Technician certification that are grandfathered under South Carolina law are not required to obtain certification but are required to complete 15 hours annually of continuing Surgical Technician education.
• Other required skills and experience
• Knowledge of office equipment (fax/copier)

Responsibilities:

• Assists in care of patients of all ages before, during, and after surgical procedures by performing scrub duties and related functions as a member of the surgical team on a novice to advanced beginner level completing identified job competencies.
• Maintains patient safety, privacy and confidentiality.
• Complies with legal aspects of patient care.
• Complies with sterilization standards and standards for handling sharps or contaminated instruments.
• Participates in quality improvement activities and completes hospital required education annually.
• Prepares for surgical procedures by collecting necessary supplies and instruments according to Surgeon Preference Card.
• Prepares the Operating Room for cases by opening sterile supplies, setting up table, arranging instruments, and supplies according to type of case.
• Assists in maintaining correct count of instruments, needles and sponges.
• Identifies and cares for specimens.
• Handles drugs and solutions under direction of the RN.
• Cleans and prepares rooms between procedures and terminally clean at the end of the day.
• Returns unused supplies and instruments and extra equipment to proper storage.
• Maintains aseptic techniques; actively monitor situations which could lead to breaches in aseptic technique.
• Takes action to correct.
• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.