Certified Surgical Technologist — Dynamic OR Support

Covenant Health; Lenoir City (TN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Covenant Health in Lenoir City, TN is seeking a Certified Surgical Technologist to join Fort Loudoun Medical Center. The role focuses on preparing and maintaining a sterile field, assisting surgeons, and delivering instruments and supplies in line with the patient care plan.

Working within a perioperative team, you will rotate through circulating and scrub roles, ensuring safety and sterile technique while supporting efficient case turnover and patient care in the day shift.

Qualifications

• Must hold current and active CST or TS-C certification.
• Certification is established by NBSTSA or NCCT.

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, sponge, 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.

Education

CST Certification

Job description

Covenant Health in Lenoir City, TN is seeking a Certified Surgical Technologist to join Fort Loudoun Medical Center. The role focuses on preparing and maintaining a sterile field, assisting surgeons, and delivering instruments and supplies in line with the patient care plan.

Working within a perioperative team, you will rotate through circulating and scrub roles, ensuring safety and sterile technique while supporting efficient case turnover and patient care in the day shift.