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Job Title: Surgical Technician
Department: Nursing
Position Summary: Under the supervision of the Registered Nurse, assists in nursing care and preparation of surgical patients by performing routine and delegated duties. Performs scrub duties and related procedures as a part of the sterile team, i.e. donning gown and gloves, creating and maintaining a sterile field, and passing instrumentation to surgeons as necessary during procedures.
Education:
High School Graduate, graduate of a nationally or regionally accredited educational program for surgical technologists.
Must annually complete 15 hours of continuing education to remain eligible to practice as a surgical technologist.
High School Graduate, graduate of a nationally or regionally accredited educational program for surgical technologists.
Must annually complete 15 hours of continuing education to remain eligible to practice as a surgical technologist.
Skills:
- Good physical and mental health are essential.
- Ability to establish and maintain good interpersonal relationships with co-workers.
- Maintains good habits of personal hygiene.
Experience: Nine months to one year in similar work capacity.
Certification:
Holds and maintains a certified surgical technologist credential administered by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting or other nationally recognized credentialing organization required.
Holds and maintains a certified surgical technologist credential administered by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting or other nationally recognized credentialing organization required.
Essential Functions of the Job:
- Assists surgeon as scrub person according to prescribed standards
- Maintains aseptic technique at all times as directed by accepted standards
- Sets up table, instruments and supplies according to type of operation
- Assists in preparation and draping of patient and operative area according to need
- Assists and anticipates needs of surgeon regarding instruments, sutures, sponges and supplies according to technique procedure and special requirements needed in operation procedure, and maintains a correct count
- Assists in maintenance and care of specimens as directed by accepted standards
- Assists with table equipment, positioning of patient, application of dressing, and casts
- Decontaminates all equipment, instruments and supplies as directed
- Assists in circulating duties
- Under direct Registered Nurse supervision, assists in setting up operating room with instruments and supplies for surgical procedures
- Transports patients for surgery
- Performs surgical skin preparation of the surgical site (shaving and cleansing on patient's skin prior to surgery) either on the patient's unit, holding area or in the O.R. Suite
- Assists in workroom activities
- Assists in autoclave testing and maintenance of records
- Assembles and sterilizes supplies as needed for both steam and gas sterilization
- Assists with housekeeping duties to maintain cleanliness in the O.R. Suite in order to ensure a safe patient environment
- Cleans, assembles and sterilizes surgical instrument sets, metalware, rubber goods and synthetic products
- Operates ultrasonic unit as needed
- Care of all used and unused supplies
- Assists and maintains awareness of safety hazards
- Recognizes and reports defective equipment to be repaired
- Maintains traffic control through use of proper areas and corridors at all times.
- Aware of controls to prevent contamination, maintains cleanliness of operating room tables, suction bottles, shelves, cabinets, and overhead lights before and after surgery
- Prevents infection, by maintaining constant awareness and application of principles of aseptic technique, including special routine for specific cases
- Evaluates self objectively
- Demonstrates a variety of communication skills needed for this position
