Certified Surgical Technologist - FT - Days - Summit NJ

Atlantic Health System; Summit (NJ); On-site; USD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a Certified Surgical Technologist to join their dynamic team in Summit, NJ. This role is vital in ensuring the highest standards of patient care and safety during surgical procedures. As a key member of the surgical team, you will apply your expertise in aseptic techniques, assist surgeons, and maintain sterile environments. This position offers a chance to work in a collaborative setting, contributing to high-quality patient outcomes. If you are passionate about healthcare and ready to make a difference, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Certified Surgical Technologist with expertise in aseptic techniques and patient care.
• Maintains sterile environments and assists surgeons during operations.

Responsibilities

• Applies aseptic principles and prepares surgical instruments and supplies.
• Maintains accurate counts of surgical instruments and assists in patient care.

Skills

Surgical hand scrub

Gowning and Gloving

Setting up a sterile field

Safe patient transfer

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Certification from an accredited Surgical Tech program

Certification through NCCT or NBSTSA

BLS certification

Job description

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• Applies principles and practices of asepsis; performs surgical scrub, gowning, and gloving procedure.
• Assembles all necessary supplies according to requirements of the patient and the surgical procedure.
• Sets up sterile instrument table and prepares supplies according to type of operation. Assists in draping of patient and operative area according to need.
• Assists and anticipates needs of surgeon for instruments, sutures, sponges, and supplies according to knowledge of procedural requirements and constant monitoring of progress.
• Maintains correct count of sponges, needles, and instruments with circulating nurse and report correctness of discrepancies according to established policy and procedure.
• Maintains and monitors aseptic technique at all times and institute corrective measures in the event of contamination.
• Assists in care, handling and disposition of specimen according to policy.
• Inspects instruments, trays and packages to ensure sterility and completeness and with no evidence of bioburden. Ensures proper functioning of instruments before use.
• Correctly receives and labels solutions and medications on the sterile field. Verifies all solutions and medications with RN team member.
• Participates in Universal Protocol; Sign in, Time out and sign out per policy.
• Participates in Fire Risk Assessment. Ensures fire safety measures are met and communicated.
• Demonstrates and understands use of all equipment in the patient care areas. Communicates malfunctioning equipment or instruments immediately and requests equipment be removed and sequestered appropriately until further investigation.
• Maintains sharps safety measures in handling, transfer and disposal. Direct all team members in safe handling measures within the sterile field.
• Maintains organized sterile back table. Follows point of use instrument cleaning standards. Use pre-cleansing solution on all instruments before delivering to SPD decontamination area.
• Assists with cleanup in OR as necessary.
• Maintains safety measures at all times.
• Maintains a good professional working relationship with all team members.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge through continuing education and organization and unit mandates. Achieves and maintained professional ST certification as required.
• Contributes to team efforts and high quality, safe patient outcomes through collaboration with peers, supervisors, surgeons, and anesthesiologists. Promoting all PRIDE values.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
  
  
  

Job Description

• Applies principles and practices of asepsis; performs surgical scrub, gowning, and gloving procedure.
• Assembles all necessary supplies according to requirements of the patient and the surgical procedure.
• Sets up sterile instrument table and prepares supplies according to type of operation. Assists in draping of patient and operative area according to need.
• Assists and anticipates needs of surgeon for instruments, sutures, sponges, and supplies according to knowledge of procedural requirements and constant monitoring of progress.
• Maintains correct count of sponges, needles, and instruments with circulating nurse and report correctness of discrepancies according to established policy and procedure.
• Maintains and monitors aseptic technique at all times and institute corrective measures in the event of contamination.
• Assists in care, handling and disposition of specimen according to policy.
• Inspects instruments, trays and packages to ensure sterility and completeness and with no evidence of bioburden. Ensures proper functioning of instruments before use.
• Correctly receives and labels solutions and medications on the sterile field. Verifies all solutions and medications with RN team member.
• Participates in Universal Protocol; Sign in, Time out and sign out per policy.
• Participates in Fire Risk Assessment. Ensures fire safety measures are met and communicated.
• Demonstrates and understands use of all equipment in the patient care areas. Communicates malfunctioning equipment or instruments immediately and requests equipment be removed and sequestered appropriately until further investigation.
• Maintains sharps safety measures in handling, transfer and disposal. Direct all team members in safe handling measures within the sterile field.
• Maintains organized sterile back table. Follows point of use instrument cleaning standards. Use pre-cleansing solution on all instruments before delivering to SPD decontamination area.
• Assists with cleanup in OR as necessary.
• Maintains safety measures at all times.
• Maintains a good professional working relationship with all team members.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge through continuing education and organization and unit mandates. Achieves and maintained professional ST certification as required.
• Contributes to team efforts and high quality, safe patient outcomes through collaboration with peers, supervisors, surgeons, and anesthesiologists. Promoting all PRIDE values.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
  
  
  

Education

QUALIFICATIONS

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Certification from an accredited Surgical Tech program
• Certification through NCCT or NBSTSA required
• BLS required
  
  
  

Competencies

• Surgical hand scrub
• Gowning and Gloving
• Setting up a sterile field
• Safe patient transfer
  
  
  

About Us

ABOUT US

At Atlantic Health System, Our Promise To Our Communities Is; Anyone Who Enters One Of Our Facilities, Will Receive The Highest Quality Care Delivered At The Right Time, At The Right Place, And At The Right Cost. This Commitment Is Also Echoed In The Respect, Development And Opportunities We Give To Our More Than 20,000 Team Members. Headquartered In Morristown, New Jersey, We Are One Of The Leading Non-profit Health Care Systems In The Nation. Our Facilities And Sites Of Care Include

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation
  
  
  

We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of AllSpire Health Partners.

We Have Received Awards And Recognition For The Services We Have Provided To Our Patients, Team Members And Communities. Below Are Just a Few Of Our Accolades

• 100 Best Companies to Work For and FORTUNE magazine for 15 years
• Best Places to Work in Healthcare - Modern Healthcare
• 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare - Becker's Healthcare
• 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know - Becker's Hospital Review
• Best Employers for Workers over 50 - AARP
• Gold-Level "Well Workplace": Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)
• One of the 100 Best Workplaces for “Millennials” Great Place to Work and FORTUNE magazine
• One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care: Great Place to Work and FORTUNE magazine
• Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets
• NJ Sustainable Business
  
  
  

Named one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, a World’s Best Hospital by Newsweek and recognized as a Best Regional Hospital in the NY Metro area by U.S. News & World Report.

Our Atlantic Neuroscience Institute is the region’s leader in neuroscience care. A hub for the New Jersey Stroke Network, we offer a broad range of advanced neurological, neurosurgical and neurodiagnostic services. We are also certified as a Level IV Epilepsy Center and home to the Gerald J. Glasser Brain Tumor Center, where more brain tumor surgeries are performed than anywhere else in New Jersey. Our CyberKnife program is the largest and most experienced in the state. We also have a satellite emergency department in Union, NJ, which treats about 40,000 emergency cases each year.

Committed to providing exceptional care, Overlook Medical Center has achieved the prestigious Magnet recognition. This designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center is the highest national honor for nursing excellence. What’s more, Overlook Medical Center has advanced certification from The Joint Commission for perinatal care and is designated an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center. Additional Joint Commission-certified services include behavioral health care, spine surgery, wound care, and primary care medical home (PCMH).

EEO STATEMENT

Atlantic Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.

About The Team

Our hospitals are staffed by fellowship-trained, board-certified surgeons, anesthesiology specialists, nurses, care managers and other health care professionals who provide the most progressive surgical methods using the latest technology. This includes minimally invasive surgery programs that result in shorter hospital stays and faster recoveries.In addition, Morristown Medical Center is home to and a state-of-the-art bio skills simulation laboratory that is accredited by the American College of Surgeons for additional staff training.

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