Responsibilities:

• Assist surgical team during operative procedures.
• Arrange and inventory sterile set-up for operations.
• Hand items as needed to the operative team.
• Assist in preparing and moving patients, and in cleaning the operating rooms.
• Provide surgical care to meet identified patient outcomes under the direction of the Registered Nurse.
• Work within a suite of 7 operating rooms covering various specialties including General, Plastic/Reconstructive, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Urology, Podiatry, Vascular/Endovascular, ENT, Orthopedic, Cardio-Thoracic, Neurosurgery, Uro-gynecology, Gynecologic Surgical Oncology, and Robotics.

Qualifications:

• Education Requirements: Post High School Diploma Program
• Experience: At least 1 year of experience Required.
• Certification and Licensure:
  • Successfully complete a program sponsored by an entity holding a nationally recognized institutional or programmatic accreditation and hold and maintain surgical technologist certification from an accredited certification program.
  • Successfully complete an appropriate training program for surgical technologists in the US Army, Navy, or Air Force.
  • Provide evidence of maintaining a surgical technologist certification from an accredited certification program, being employed to practice as a surgical technologist by the healthcare facility on or before the effective date of this law (12/28/2020), or being employed to practice as a surgical technologist as the individual's primary function in another healthcare facility at any time during the two years immediately preceding the effective date of this law.
  • Must comply annually with continuing education requirements necessary to maintain the certified surgical technologist credential and provide proof of compliance with the health care facility upon request.
• BLS Certification Required

Skills and Certifications:

• Excellent Communications Skills
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills