SURG TECHNOLOGIST-CERT

Covenant Health; Elizabethtown-Kitley; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Ontario is looking for a Certified Surgical Technologist. The role involves facilitating patient care during surgical procedures by maintaining a sterile field and managing surgical instruments. Candidates must hold current CST or TS-C certification. The position requires teamwork, communication skills, and adherence to safety standards. This opportunity includes a competitive salary and benefits, working full-time with shifts rotating on weekdays and weekends.

Benefits

$5,000 Sign On Bonus for new Grads

$7,500 Sign On Bonus for Experienced CST

Qualifications

• Must hold current and active CST or TS-C certification.
• No specific education required other than certification standards.
• No experience required with certification.

Responsibilities

• Assist in creating and maintaining a sterile field during surgeries.
• Handle and properly maintain surgical instruments and equipment.
• Monitor the sterile field and surgical team throughout procedures.
• Perform room turnover and ensure cleanliness between procedures.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives as requested.

Skills

Aseptic technique

Instrument familiarity

Patient care assistance

Team collaboration

Education

Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) or TS-C

Tools

Surgical instruments

Lasers

Endoscopes

Job description

Overview

Certified Surgical Technologist, Surgery

$5,000 Sign On Bonus for new Grads

$7,500 Sign On Bonus for Experienced CST

Full Time, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

Weekday and weekend call rotations. BLS certification 10 or 12 hour shifts. Surgery and GI Lab assignments

Fort Loudoun Medical Center is equipped with a team of more than 200 doctors in more than 29 specialty areas. Our 87,000-square-foot hospital features advanced technology, including state-of-the-art Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computerized Tomography (CT), Ultrasound, Diagnostic X-Rays and Women’s Imaging Services, as well as Nuclear Medicine technology unique to our surrounding counties. The physicians, staff and volunteers of Fort Loudoun Medical Center are dedicated to providing excellent care to every patient, every time.

Position Summary

Facilitates patient care by assisting physicians and nursing staff before, during and after surgical procedures by creating and maintaining a sterile field and providing the instruments and supplies required by the surgeons in a sterile manner according to the established plan of patient care. Competently performs with and/or without assistance the majority of assigned cases in a given service/shift; may perform difficult or complicated cases either with or without assistance.

Recruiter: Erin Wood || [e-mail]

Responsibilities

• Under supervision of RN/MD, facilitates patient care by assisting the surgeon before, during and after surgical procedures by creating and maintaining a sterile field and providing the instruments and supplies required by the surgeons in a sterile manner according to the established plan for patient care; follows unit standards and processes to deliver age-appropriate care for all patients; demonstrates accountability as an individual and team member in meeting patient/family needs; participates in identifying cost-effective measures for clinical care.
• Plans, sets up, performs and cleans up the assigned surgical procedure as a circulator and/or as a scrub tech; demonstrates knowledge of equipment and instrumentation pertaining to case; safely operates special equipment which may be used in surgical cases (e.g. lasers, microscopes, tourniquets, endoscopes, drills, saws, etc.); maintains instrument and equipment integrity; performs room turn-over and terminal cleaning; utilizes supplies appropriately and in a cost effective manner.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and the ability to apply the principles of asepsis in creating and maintaining the sterile field; uses proper technique when scrubbing, gowning, gloving and setting up of sterile fields; recognizes what is sterile and what is unsterile; recognizes contamination and takes proper action to correct situation; continually monitors the sterile field and surgical team to assure that sterility is maintained.
• Assists nurse in performing sharp, spong,e and instrument counts according to policy as needed; demonstrates proper counting technique for all countables, and applies proper procedures with incorrect counts; demonstrates understanding of exceptions to counts.
• Demonstrates proper positioning techniques; knows the proper position for cases and understands the use of proper positioning aids to protect nerves, bony prominences and to maintain circulation.
• Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Education

None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.

Minimum Experience

None with certification.

Licensure Requirements

Must hold current and active national Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) or TS-C certification established by either the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) or National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT).