Surgical Technician (PD)

Assists nursing personnel in giving quality care to patients in the Operating Room.

Job Responsibility

• Performs duties and responsibilities of a scrub’ person under the direction of a registered, professional nurse.
• Checks and gathers all instruments for each case in assigned room with use of surgeon’s preference card.
• Checks sterility tapes, dates and integrity of wrappers.
• Assists circulating nurse in obtaining supplies, equipment and opening of room, as necessary.
• Opens sterile supplies for assigned cases. Performs surgical scrub technique and gown and glove procedure for self and surgical team.

Maintains a sterile field and takes immediate action to correct any breaks in technique.

• Arranges instruments, basins, sutures and software in a precise manner to allow for accurate counting at completion of procedure.
• Assists circulating nurse with counts of all sponges, laps, peanuts, cottonoids, needles, reels, vessels loops, umbilical tape, penrose drains, devices and instruments.
• Uses all devices and instruments appropriately. Performs standard draping technique.
• Passes and handles instruments to surgical team in a safe and efficient manner.
• Breaks down setup and prepares instruments for sterilization.
• Performs related duties, as required.
• ADA Essential Functions

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Successful completion from a nationally accredited educational program for surgical technologist and holds and maintains a certified surgical technologist (CST) credential administered by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA), required.
• Must be and remain in good standing with NYS regulations, required.
• Prior OR Technician experience, required
• BCLS certification, preferred
• Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and / or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.

When determining a team member's base salary and / or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).