Robotics-Driven Surgical Technologist (Seasonal)

Legent Health; Euless (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and incentives

Paid time off and wellness programs

Career development and training

Job summary

Legent Health in Euless, TX seeks a Certified Surgical Technologist for a seasonal, fall/winter assignment. You will support sterile processing, prepares instruments, assists in the OR, and ensures patient safety throughout invasive procedures.

The role requires a Certified Surgical Technologist, 3+ years of surgical tech experience, and the ability to work with robotic da Vinci systems. Seasonal schedule September–December with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• 3 Years’ experience as a Surgical Technologist Preferred, or equivalent Military training.
• Two (2) years of experience as a surgical technologist and/or has demonstrated competency in two (2) or more specialty areas.
• Demonstrates knowledge and practice of perioperative patient care concepts.
• Certified Surgical Technologist Required.

Responsibilities

• The Certified Surgical Technologist handles the instruments, supplies, and equipment necessary during the surgical procedure.
• Understands the procedure being performed and anticipates the needs of the surgeon.
• Knowledge and ability to ensure quality patient care during the operative. procedure and is constantly on vigil for maintenance of the sterile field. Duties are as follows:
• Decontaminates and sterilizes instruments, medical supplies, and equipment, and assembles, wraps, and sterilizes trays of instruments.
• Follows proper Standard Precautions while in decontamination and sterilization areas.
• Monitors biological and chemical wash solution to ensure quality and consistency for decontamination of instruments and medical equipment.
• Sort mismatched sets of instruments, trays, and medical equipment and makes them available to sterile processing customers in a timely manner.
• Restocks, labels, and maintains inventory, submits requisitions, collects, and distributes instruments, trays, crash carts, and facility medical equipment.
• Performs environmental maintenance duties and assists in maintaining inventory levels in sterile processing, the operating room, and in equipment storage areas.
• Verifies that equipment functions properly, requisitions for equipment maintenance, repair, or replacement, and removes defective equipment.
• Maintains a clean work area.
• Assists with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality improvement, safety, and environmental and infection control standards.
• Checks supplies and equipment needed for surgical procedure.
• Sets up sterile table with instruments, supplies, equipment, and medications/solutions needed for procedure.
• Performs appropriate counts with circulator prior to the operation and before incision is closed.
• Helps in draping sterile field.
• Maintains highest standard of sterile technique during procedure.
• Cleans and prepares instruments for terminal sterilization.
• Assists in prepping room for the next patient.
• All other duties as assigned.
• Able to answer both clinical and technical questions about the da Vinci surgical system
• Tasked with plan for sustainable growth of the robotics program
• Serves as main point of contact
• Enables surgeon access and facilitates best in class case support experience
• Targets and supports new surgeons interested in surgical procedures using the da Vinci system
• Coordinates and attends regularly scheduled robotic Steering Committees and provides operations updates on the progression of the program
• Works to configure the operation room in a way that is efficient for the use of a da Vinci surgical system
• Works with materials management to order da Vinci surgical instruments and accessories as needed
• Maintains lean par levels of all da Vinci surgical instruments and accessories that should be in stock
• Creates a metric tracking system for robotic cases to set benchmarks and evaluates progress towards the goals in reduction of non-operative time and more efficient OR workflow
• Based off usage metrics based on instrument utilization data, determines where it makes sense to create trays and where instruments should be peeled back
• Works with surgeons and nursing staff to lean out preference cards and determine which standing orders are needed for all robotic assisted procedures
• Works with the OR manager or charge nurse to ensure operating rooms, designated for robotic-assisted surgical cases, are properly staffed
• Works with the nursing staff to ensure robotic rooms have all ancillary supplies needed for robotic surgeries performed with a da Vinci surgical system
• Establishes a training pathway for all new hires or those that will be working in the OR designated for robotic-assisted surgical procedures, including assigning online modules, providing an in-service on the da Vinci surgical system, and observing cases
• Establishes clinical competencies for all staff involved in robotic-assisted surgical procedures and explains guidelines for annual testing to ensure those competencies are met
• Educates the OR staff on updates or new products used within robotic-assisted surgical procedures
• Troubleshoots any issues with the da Vinci surgical system during surgical procedures
• Initiates RMA process for damaged instruments and scopes
• Assists as scrub nurse or First Assist at patient side during robotic-assisted surgical procedures if applicable
• Responsible for maintaining, updating, and collecting the daily wrap-up sheet
• Responsible for storing other da Vinci surgical system documentation in a centralized location or dedicated binder such as a Communication Binder.

Skills

Surgical experience

Perioperative care

Sterile technique

Certified Surgical Technologist

Education

Certified Surgical Technologist certification

Job description

Legent Health in Euless, TX seeks a Certified Surgical Technologist for a seasonal, fall/winter assignment. You will support sterile processing, prepares instruments, assists in the OR, and ensures patient safety throughout invasive procedures.

The role requires a Certified Surgical Technologist, 3+ years of surgical tech experience, and the ability to work with robotic da Vinci systems. Seasonal schedule September–December with competitive compensation and benefits.