Evening Surgical Technologist I — Labor & Delivery

SUNY Downstate; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn seeks a full-time Surgical Technologist (NS31) for Labor & Delivery, Evening shift, to support the surgical team and ensure patient safety.

As a scrubbed member, you prepare instrumentation and specialty equipment, assist the surgeon and RN during procedures, maintain aseptic technique, transport patients to the OR, perform preoperative shave prep, and help with postoperative room turnover and inventory.

Responsibilities

• Assists RN and surgeon in identifying, gathering, and preparing medical instrumentation and specialty equipment.
• Assists surgical team with setting up and passing sterile instruments during surgical procedures.
• Ensures proper handling of instruments, sponges, sutures, implants, surgical supplies, and specimens to maintain asepsis and patient safety.
• Prepares sterile field and assists in preparing operative site and draping the patient.
• Transports patients to and from operating room and performs preoperative shave preps.
• Assists in the preparation and aftercare of equipment and supplies.
• Cleans unsanitary instruments, checks for defective items, and assembles instruments correctly; wraps and labels instruments.
• Tests the operation and efficiency of equipment and reports problems to the RN.
• Collects and transports required operative set-up to surgical room.
• Assists in cleaning and restocking rooms according to established standards.
• Assists in taking inventory of equipment and supplies for specialty areas.

Job description

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn seeks a full-time Surgical Technologist (NS31) for Labor & Delivery, Evening shift, to support the surgical team and ensure patient safety.

As a scrubbed member, you prepare instrumentation and specialty equipment, assist the surgeon and RN during procedures, maintain aseptic technique, transport patients to the OR, perform preoperative shave prep, and help with postoperative room turnover and inventory.