Certified Surgical Technologist - Per Diem - Newton Medical Center

Direct Jobs; Newton (NJ); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in New Jersey is seeking a Surgical Technician to assist in the operating room. The role involves ensuring a sterile environment, preparing instruments, and supporting nursing staff during surgeries. Ideal candidates will have the required certifications and a commitment to patient care.

Qualifications

• Assists nursing personnel in the operating room.
• Performs duties of a scrub person under a registered nurse.
• Maintains a sterile field and prepares instruments.

Responsibilities

• Checks and gathers instruments for each case.
• Opens sterile supplies and maintains sterile field.
• Passes instruments to surgical team safely.

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

Job Description

Responsible for assisting nursing personnel in giving quality care to patients in the operating room. Performs duties and responsibilities of a scrub person under the direction of a registered professional nurse. Assists in obtaining supplies, equipment and opening of operating and other rooms, as necessary. Breaks down setup and prepares instruments for sterilization. Helps transfer patients to the recovery room and cleans and restocks the operating room.


Principal Accountabilities:

1. Checks and gathers all instruments for each case in assigned room with use of surgeon's preference card.
2. Checks sterility tapes, dates, and integrity of wrappers.
3. Opens sterile supplies for assigned cases, maintains a sterile field, and takes immediate action to correct any breaks in technique.
4. Performs surgical scrub techniques and gown and glove procedures for self and surgical team.
5. Arranges instruments, basins, sutures, and software in a precise manner for accurate count after the completion of surgical procedures.
6. Assists circulating nurses with counts of all sponges, cottonoids, needles, vessels loops, umbilical tape, penrose drains, and other devices and instruments.
7. Uses all devices and instruments appropriately and performs the standard draping technique.
8. Passes instruments to surgical team in a safe and efficient manner.
9. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education:

1. High School Diploma or equivalent required
2. Certification from an accredited Surgical Tech program
3. Certification through NCCT or NBSTSA required
4. BLS required

COMPETENCIES:
1. Surgical hand scrub
2. Gowning and Gloving
3. Setting up a sterile field
4. 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 (r) and FORTUNE(r) 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(r) and FORTUNE(r) magazine
• One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care: Great Place to Work(r) and FORTUNE(r) magazine
• Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets
• NJ Sustainable Business

Since 1932, Newton Medical Center has been providing care to the people of Sussex and warren counties in New Jersey, Pike County in Pennsylvania and southern Orange County in New York. We are home to the Center for Breast Health, the only one of its kind in Sussex County, addressing all of a woman's breast health needs with state-of-the-art technology, resources, education, support and follow-up care. Newton Medical Center recently achieved the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Pathway to Excellence designation and is one of a select few health care facilities in New Jersey accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in all three echocardiography procedures: adult transthoracic, adult transesophogeal and adult stress.

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.