Surgical Tech - Main OR

We are seeking a Surgical Tech to join our team at Doctors Hospital. The Surgical Technologist and/or the Certified Surgical Technologist prepares the room and gathers supplies needed for surgical procedures; delivers instruments and supplies to the surgeon and other members of the surgical team intra operatively; may function as second assistant to the surgeon; assists in the proper decontamination of the room, supplies and instruments post operatively.

Requirements

• Prepares for surgical cases by obtaining and preparing appropriate supplies, equipment and instruments
• Establishes and maintains a sterile field and presents instruments to the operating team
• Delivers appropriate instruments/supplies utilizing proper principles of sterile technique
• Acts as 2nd assistant to surgeon, performing duties related to draping and operative site exposure
• Responsible for removal of all sharps and initials return card for verification
• Can hold extremities
• Assist with casting and splinting
• Mixes medications on the sterile field once verification by a registered nurse has occurred
• Assist with positioning
• Can fix specimens in formalin (annual competency required)
• Assists circulator in proper care and handling of surgical specimens
• Can wash and thaw grafts
• Can hold a stapler while surgeon fires it
• Can operate skin stapler for the purpose of wound approximation
• Can assist with the dislocation of joints if yearly competency is accomplished
• Can cut suture material as directed by and under the supervision of a surgeon
• Can apply ESU to clamps or forceps for hemostasis under the direct supervision of the surgeon
• Can assist anesthesia if yearly competency is accomplished
• Can assist with patient skin prep if yearly competency is accomplished
• Can change out camera and robotic instruments during endoscopic procedures under the direct supervision of the surgeon
• Can manipulate the uterus during robotic cases under the direct supervision of the surgeon

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus
• Health insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off