Surgical Technician

Embassy Surgery Center is seeking an immediate position for an experienced Surgical Technician. The position is Full Time, Monday - Friday 6am to 230pm with Benefits.

• Provides exceptional customer service, interacts with patients during care in a compassionate and friendly manner. Prepares room in a timely manner with all anticipated instruments, sutures, supplies and equipment for each individual surgical procedure.
  
• Carries out medical/surgical asepsis during treatments/procedures.
  
• Assists surgeon(s) as scrub tech during procedures as assigned.
  
• Assures aseptic technique is maintained during procedures according to approved standards
  
• Assists with patient ambulation to rest room and discharge as requested
  
• Maintains cleanliness of O.R.
  
• Inventories O.R. supplies, orders and stocks as needed
  
• Responsible for proper cleaning and sterilization of appropriate patient equipment.
  
• Autoclaves all instruments to specification
  
• Performs services requiring technical or manual skills under the direction of circulating RN and/or physician.
  
• Checks all equipment/instruments needed, prior to each procedure to ensure proper functioning.
  
• Always maintains an orderly and sterile instrument table for the purpose of efficiency; follows department standard set up.
  
• Anticipates needs and passes instruments and supplies to the surgeon during the procedure.
  
• Assists in timely turnover of room between cases including, cleaning, disinfecting and set-up of cases.
  
• Follows written procedures for steam sterilization; knows responsibilities and the necessity for chemical and biological monitoring.
  
• Completes annual education requirements.
  
• Maintains regulatory requirements.
  
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
  
• Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completes work within designated time.
  
• Additional duties as assigned
  

• Current BLS, CPR and ACLS Certification, preferred.
  
• Graduate of accredited surgical technology or military program required.
  
• Certification (CST) by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) required
  
• Medical Assistant or Surgical Tech background required, prior surgical experience preferred
  
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team required.
  
• Excellent patient care, customer service, and interpersonal skills
  
• Demonstrated expertise in continuous quality improvement, customer service, and team building needs of many different sub-specialties and procedures.
  
• Ability to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer
  
• Ability to communicate accurately and concisely.
  

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $24.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
  
• Health insurance
  

Work Location: In person