Surgical Tech - OR Part-Time Days

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health in New Orleans, LA, is seeking a Surgical Technologist to support safe surgeries by maintaining a sterile environment and anticipating the needs of the surgical team.

You will assist with instrument passing, patient positioning, and retractor handling as needed, ensuring readiness of supplies and adherence to aseptic techniques.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program.
• Current BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Assist the circulating nurse with patient positioning and operative site preparation.
• Establish and maintain an organized sterile field.
• Use proper sterilization methods for instruments.
• Prepare the operating room with sterile supplies and sutures.
• Assist with scrubbing, gowning, gloving, and counting with the circulating nurse.
• Perform the role of first scrub on basic surgical cases.

Skills

Current BLS certification

Education

Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program

Tools

Surgical Technician certification

Previous experience as a surgical technologist

Job description

Your job is more than a job.

As a trusted member of the operating room team, your top priority as a Surgical Technologist is a safe surgery for every patient. You’re the watch dog in the OR protecting patients from harm by maintaining a sterile environment. It’s all about preparation and anticipation, ensuring the instrumentation and equipment is there when the surgeon needs it.

As a Surgical Tech, you’re an extra pair of hands when needed passing out surgical instruments, positioning the patient, or sometimes, holding retractors if the surgeon asks. Stress? Not a problem, you say, because you thrive on responsibility, focus on the little things, and organize like nobody’s business. And that’s what we love about you.

Your experiences, knowledge, skills, your empathy, compassion, personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this crucial surgical team role.

Your Everyday

• Assist the circulating nurse with patient positioning, confirmation/preparation of operative site, care of operative specimens and room turnover.
• Establish and maintain an organized sterile field.
• Use proper sterilization methods for instruments prior to procedures.
• Understand asepsis and the standards and techniques to addressing asepsis and takes corrective action when any unsafe practice, conditions or breaks occur.
• Prepare the operating room with sterile supplies, instruments, and sutures.
• Follow policies for scrubbing, gowning, gloving, draping and counting with the circulating nurse.
• Perform the role of first scrub on basic surgical cases.
• Anticipate the needs and assists the surgeon with retracting tissue, holding instrumentation and cutting suture.

The Must-Haves

Minimum

• Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program
• Current BLS certification

Preferred

• Surgical Technician certification
• Previous experience as a surgical technologist

WORK SHIFT:

Days (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

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Touro, at the forefront of medical excellence within LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, has been regionally recognized for 165 years as one of New Orleans’ most enduring healthcare monuments. It’s where babies come from and New Orleanians are cared for. Learn more about Touro and our Leapfrog “Grade A” Hospital Safety distinction

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs to necessary.

Simple things make the difference.