Surgical Tech — Per Diem OR Support & Team Player

Winchester Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 46,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health is hiring a Surgical Technologist for a per diem role in Massachusetts. Responsibilities include preparing sterile fields, scrubbing in, assembling equipment, and assisting surgeons with patient care.

Required: graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program; preferred: 1 year OR scrub experience. Per diem schedule may include weekends and holidays. Viable benefits and vaccination policy apply.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program.
• Preferred: at least one year operating room scrub experience.

Responsibilities

• Retrieves and review case cart to ensure all physician requested supplies, instruments and equipment are available and sterile for use in case.
• Opens sterile supplies according to aseptic technique in preparation for the surgical procedure.
• Scrubs for cases according to established sterile procedures. Changes into operative clothing; wears sterile gown and gloves, and assists surgeons with same.
• Prepares and maintains a surgical field.
• Assembles equipment and instrumentation based on the surgical procedure.
• Assists in surgical procedure, anticipating, planning for and responding to the needs of the patient, surgeon and other team members.
• Efficiently disassembles sterile field and instrumentation in preparation for decontamination.
• Performs complete and accurate counting procedures to promote optimal patient outcomes and reduce patient harm.
• Moving patients and transferring patients to and from stretchers and beds.
• Assist the surgical team by positioning the patient and retracting tissue and other bodily parts, as directed.
• Appropriately follows the chain of command and adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
• Communicates effectively with the healthcare team utilizing established handoff and procedures. Gives and accepts respectful feedback to enhance teamwork.

Education

Surgical Technologist program

Job description

Beth Israel Lahey Health is hiring a Surgical Technologist for a per diem role in Massachusetts. Responsibilities include preparing sterile fields, scrubbing in, assembling equipment, and assisting surgeons with patient care.

Required: graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program; preferred: 1 year OR scrub experience. Per diem schedule may include weekends and holidays. Viable benefits and vaccination policy apply.