Surgical Scrub Tech PRN

Downtown-Surgery-Center; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Plan

401(k) retirement plan with company 2%

Job summary

Downtown-Surgery-Center is seeking a Surgical Technologist to assist in operations under supervision of surgeons and nurses. You will prepare OR, pass instruments, and help with patient care before, during, and after procedures.

Requirements include graduation from an accredited program and CPR certification with 0-2 years of related experience; experience with total shoulder replacements is essential. Monday–Friday, no weekends, nights, or on-call duties are noted in the posting.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited surgical technologist program.
• Must be CPR certified with 0-2 years of clinical experience in a related field.
• Must have experience with total shoulder replacements.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and maintains medical equipment for surgical procedures.
• Set up surgical instruments, sterile drapes, and sterile solutions before operations.
• Tend to patient during pre-operation procedures and ensure operating room sterility.
• Assemble sterile and non-sterile equipment and verify proper working condition.
• Prepare patient skin and disinfect incision sites prior to surgery.
• Assist in transporting and positioning patients for surgery and draping.
• Assist surgeons and assistants by passing instruments and supplies as needed.
• Observe vital signs and support the surgical team during procedures.
• After operations, help transfer patients to recovery and restock the OR.

Skills

Surgical Technologist

CPR Certification

Shoulder Replacements

Education

Accredited Surgical Technologist Program

Job description

No weekends, nights, holidays, or on call!

JOB TITLE : Surgical Technologist

SUPERVISION RECEIVED : Physician and/or Registered Nurse

GENERAL SUMMARY OF DUTIES:

Surgical technologists, also called scrubs and surgical or operating room technicians, assist in surgical operations under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. Surgical technologists are members of operating room teams, which most commonly include surgeons, anesthesiologists, and circulating nurses.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/REQUIREMENTS:

• A graduate of an accredited surgical technologist program.
• Must be certified to perform CPR with 0-2 years of clinical experience in a related field.
• Must have experience with total shoulder replacements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

• Prepares and maintains medical equipment for surgical procedures.
• Before an operation, surgical technologists help prepare the operating room by setting up surgical instruments and equipment, sterile drapes, and sterile solutions.
• Follows hospital regulations and industry procedures to tend to patient during pre-operation procedures.
• Performs pre-operation preparations to the patient's skin, body and medical equipment.
• Assemble both sterile and non-sterile equipment, as well as adjust and check it to ensure it is working properly.
• Get patients ready for surgery by washing, shaving, and disinfecting incision sites.
• Transport patients to the operating room, help position them on the operating table, and cover them with sterile surgical “drapes.”
• Observe patients’ vital signs, check charts, and assist the surgical team with putting on sterile gowns and gloves.
• Pass instruments and other sterile supplies to surgeons and surgeon assistants.
• Hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments. Help prepare, care for, and dispose of specimens taken for laboratory analysis and help apply dressings.
• Operate sterilizers, lights, or suction machines, and help operate diagnostic equipment.
• After an operation, help transfer patients to the recovery room and clean and restock the operating room.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Employee Assistance Plan
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match
• And more!

Equal Employment Opportunity & Work Force Diversity

Our organizationis an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, parental status, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic testing results or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. This practice relates to all personnel matters such as compensation, benefits, training, promotions, transfers, layoffs, etc.Furthermore, our organizationiscommitted to going beyond the legal requirements of equal employment opportunity to take positive actions which ensure diversity in the workplace and result in a multi-cultural organization.

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