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The Surgical Technologist (ST) is a member of the surgical team responsible for providing intraoperative care to the surgical patient. This job requires working in a fast-paced environment, with a focus on patient progression goals, quality initiatives, and achieving the highest level of patient satisfaction. The Surgical Technologist functions under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN)/ Circulating Nurse.


Essential Functions:
-Reviews procedure cards/surgeon preference cards to determine needs in preparation for each surgical procedure.
-Assists and collaborates with the circulating nurse to set up for surgical procedures with proper instrumentation, equipment and supplies.
-Primary role is as ST, passing instruments and retracting for the surgeon at the sterile field as directed.
-Anticipates needs of surgical team during the procedure and provides them with proper instruments, equipment, and supplies to meet these needs.
-Assists in the care, cleaning, and maintenance of all general and specialty instruments, equipment, and supplies per established guidelines, policies, and procedures.
-Collaborates with the Circulating nurse to insure the accuracy of all sponge, sharps, and instrument counts per established policies and procedures.
-Responsible for application of the principles of asepsis to maintain integrity of the sterile field.
-Assists in maintaining inventory of supplies in operating rooms and storerooms.
-Assists in transport of patients and in movement or manipulation of equipment as required.
-Communicates effectively.
-Actively participates in performing the essential components of the WHO Checklist, hand hygiene, and other department safety and quality initiatives.
-Parallel Processing in collaboration with circulating nurse/ team staff to achieve/ maintain turnover goals and on-time starts.



Qualifications

-The ability to demonstrate effective communication, both written and verbal and must work cohesively in a team setting.
-Has successfully completed an accredited educational program for surgical technologists AND is certified as a surgical technologist accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies and the American College of Surgeons and the Association of Surgical Technologists; if certification as a surgical technologist has not be obtained as of the date of hire, the certification will be obtained within 12 months of the graduation date from the educational program OR has completed a surgical technologist training program in the military or other public service corps.
-Must be Certified as Surgical Technologist or meets other Education Requirements stated above.



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