Job Summary
A surgical technician is responsible for assisting the operating room team during operative procedures in accordance with internal standards and procedures.
Work includes arranging and inventorying sterile set-up for operations, passing items as needed to the operating team, assisting in the preparation and moving of patients, and in the clean-up of the operating room.
An incumbent carries out assigned activities under direct supervision and direction of a qualified practitioner.
Primary Responsibilities :
- Assembles instruments, sterile supplies, and equipment specific to surgical procedures.
- Scrubs for varied surgical procedures encompassing each surgical specialty and emergency procedures demonstrating versatility and competency while maintaining sterile technique and performing surgical counts.
- Institutes cleaning, reprocessing, and storage of instruments and equipment.
- Assists in transfer and positioning of patients as directed by surgeon or circulating nurse.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications :
- High School Diploma or GED
- Graduation from an accredited surgical technician vocational or technical program / school.
- Completion of a UofL Health surgical technologist program.
- Completion of a hospital based surgical technologist training program.
- Graduates of a military training program in surgical technology.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association.
- One year experience in operating room as surgical technician or clinical rotations at University Hospital.
Preferred Qualifications :
CST Certified Surgical Technician
Benefits & Perks
Competitive Pay & Benefits Options
Paid Vacation, Sick days, and Holidays
Free tuition to UofL for Part- and Full-time employees for Child / Spouse / Domestic Partner
401K with Employer Match
About UofL Health
UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with nine hospitals, four medical centers, Brown Cancer Center, Eye Institute, nearly 200 physician practice locations, and more than 1,000 providers in Louisville and the surrounding counties, including southern Indiana.
Additional access to UofL Health is provided through a partnership with Carroll County Memorial Hospital.
Affiliated with the University of Louisville School of Medicine, UofL Health is committed to providing patients with access to the most advanced care available.
This includes clinical trials, collaboration on research and the development of new technologies to both save and improve lives.
With more than 13,000 team members physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly-skilled health care professionals, UofL Health is focused on one mission : to transform the health of communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care.
For more information on UofL Health, go to .
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