CV Surgical Technician, CV Surgery

North Mississippi Health Services; Tupelo (MS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

North Mississippi Health Services in Tupelo, MS is seeking a CV Surgery Unit Surgical Technician who masters handling and maintaining surgical instruments, ensuring sterility and readiness for procedures. You will prepare procedures by selecting supplies, assist surgeons during operations, perform sponge, needle, and instrument counts, and help decontaminate equipment.

You must remain calm in high-pressure CV settings and work closely with the surgical team.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining sterile fields and assisting in CV procedures.
• Capable of performing surgical counts per policy and procedure.
• Strong teamwork and communication with surgeons and staff.

Responsibilities

• Handle and maintain sterile instruments and equipment.
• Prepare supplies and equipment for procedures.
• Perform surgical counts with RN circulator.
• Assist surgeons during cardiovascular procedures.
• Restock supplies and decontaminate instruments.
• Ensure CVOR is ready with sterilized instruments.

Skills

Sterile technique

Surgical instrument handling

Surgical counts

Teamwork

Calm under pressure

Job description

Posting Description

We believe a career is more than just a career — it's a calling. Our teammates' "True North" is what calls them to health care; it’s their passion. At North Mississippi Health Services, we believe in helping you leverage and connect that passion with a much greater purpose that impacts people you know and love.

JOB SUMMARY
The CV Surgery Unit Surgical Technician at North Mississippi Health Services demands mastery in handling and maintaining surgical instruments and equipment, ensuring they are sterile and ready for use. The technician is responsible for preparing surgical procedures by selecting supplies, instruments, and equipment, performing surgical counts, maintaining sterile techniques, assisting surgeons during procedures, and decontaminating clinical equipment.This role requires a diverse set of skills and abilities to effectively support CV surgeons and medical teams during critical procedures, ability to think and act swiftly in high-pressure situations, understanding of CV care protocols and procedures, and the capacity to remain calm and composed in stressful and emotionally charged environments.These abilities are essential for ensuring the highest level of care and support in a CV setting.

JOB FUNCTIONS
Technical Proficiency:

• Mastery in handling and maintaining surgical instruments and equipment, ensuring they are sterile and ready for use.
• Uses procedure preference lists.
• Selects & arranges supplies, instruments and equipment for surgical procedures.
• Surgical Counts along with RN circulator performs sponge, needle, and instrument counts as specified by policy and procedure of the hospital.
• Ability to think and act swiftly in high-pressure situations, making crucial decisions to support the surgical team.
• Keen observation skills to monitor patient vitals and surgical procedures, ensuring no detail is overlooked.
• Restocks supplies.
• Decontaminates, cleans, and sterilizes instruments for re-use according to hospital policy and procedure as needed.
• Prepare the cardiovascular operating room (CVOR) by ensuring all necessary surgical instruments and equipment are sterilized and ready for use.
• Capacity to remain calm and composed in stressful and emotionally charged environments.
• Assists surgeons by performing duties under the supervision of the RN including care of specimen until turned over to Registered Nurse.
• Required to take CV emergency call and work specified holidays as needed to provide 24/7 coverage based on the assigned department.
• Passes off pump lines.
• Suctions coronary arteries.
• Plays a vital role in supporting cardiovascular surgeons during complex procedures.
• Assist surgeons during cardiovascular procedures, such as open-heart surgeries, angioplasties, and pacemaker implantations.
• Operate and monitor specialized equipment used during cardiovascular surgeries.
  Patient Advocate:
• Protects patients from potential injury and contamination of sterile field.
  Communication/Record-Keeping:
• Strong communication and teamwork skills to coordinate effectively with surgeons, nurses, and other medical staff.
  Education:
• Attends required in-services, annual review and educational programs.
• Understanding of trauma care protocols and procedures to assist in the efficient and effective treatment of patients as needed.
• Regulatory:
  Knowledge and practice of standards of care, policies/procedures established by North Mississippi Medical Center.