Surgical Technologist

Job description

OI Surgery Center Elgin

2440 Alft Ln

Elgin, IL 60124, USA

The Surgical Technologist is responsible for ensuring all instrumentation is available and sterile for surgery. The Surgical Technologist is responsible for creating a sterile workspace and ensuring the field maintains sterility throughout the case. The Surgical Technologist will assist in surgery by anticipating the needs of the surgeon.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Pulls case carts for surgeries

Maintains highest standard of sterile technique from the start of the case to the end of a case

Prepares operating room for surgery

Inspects instruments and power equipment prior to use to assure operational order and troubleshoots, reports, and removes faulty instrument and equipment from service

Assures adequate amount of appropriate supplies and instrumentation are available in accordance with surgeon’s preference

Serves as scrub person for basic surgical procedures and participates in complex surgical procedures as needed

Follows department procedures for scrub persons by assembling surgical packs, supplies and instruments for surgical cases

Anticipates surgeon’s needs and assists surgeon by draping patients, holding/passing instruments, retractors, sutures, medications, applying surgical dressings, suctioning and sponging surgical wounds, holding extremities, and moving patients

Inventories and monitors instruments, sponges and needles on operative field using department count procedures

Adjusts instrumentation and supplies to changes in procedures and patient condition

Ascertains correctness of count prior to closure of body cavities and surgical wound

Adjusts priorities and participates in resolving problems as appropriate

Assists in identification, labeling and proper specimen disposition using departmental procedures

Maintains appropriate quantities of surgical supplies and equipment by restocking room with necessary equipment and supplies

Checks for outdated supplies and assists with inventory supply counts

Applies supervisor of special requests for surgical supplies and equipment

Cleans and prepares instruments for terminal sterilization

Assists with terminal cleaning of operating room in between cases

Ensures each surgeon preference card is up to date with the essential items needed

Recognizes and reports emergency situations

Required Training and Certifications

Infection Control/OSHA

TB Testing

All codes

Location of SDS

BLS certification

Education and Experience Requirements

High School Diploma or GED

Successful completion of surgical tech program or equivalent commensurate experience

BLS certification or within 30 days of hire

Previous experience as a surgical technician preferred

Environmental/Working Conditions

Work location is operating room, sterile supply room and dirty/clean utility room. Exposure to biohazard materials such as blood, body fluids, ionizing radiation, and other conditions common to the operating room environment. Requires use of own personal vehicle for delivery of surgical specimens and occasional business errands.

Physical/Mental Demands

Sit or stand for long periods of time, walk for periods of time, kneel, crawl, stoop and climb stairs.

Requires lifting, carrying, or moving heavier objects (i.e. pushing or pulling up to 100 pounds and lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds)

Possess full range of motion in shoulders and arms, including reaching above or below the shoulder in order to operate power tools and medical equipment when needed.

Finger dexterity, the ability to twist hands/wrists repetitively.

Vision: Posses close, distant, peripheral and color vision and ability to adjust focus

Hearing: ability to detect high pitch, soft or distant sounds

This description is intended to provide only basic guidelines for meeting job requirements. Responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities and working conditions may change as needs evolve.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Worksite address

elgin, IL, 60122, US

Who can apply

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