Surgical Tech- SUR

Southern Bone & Joint Specialists Pa; Hattiesburg (MS); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Surgery Center in Hattiesburg, MS is seeking a PRN Surgical Tech. The role supports physicians during surgery as a scrub tech and assists with preparing the operating room and supplies.

Responsibilities include assembling packs, counts of instruments, and maintaining sterile technique. Orthopedic experience is preferred but not required. PRN shifts; no on-call or weekends; hours may vary.

Qualifications

• Graduate from accredited School for Surgical Technology
• Orthopedic experience preferred, but not required

Responsibilities

• Serves as scrub person for surgical procedures.
• Follows department procedures for scrub persons by assembling surgical packs, supplies and instruments for surgical cases and preparing operating room for surgery.
• Assures adequate amount of appropriate supplies and instrumentation are available in accordance with surgeon’s preference and counts all instruments, needles, and sponges with registered nurse according to procedure.
• Inventories and monitors instruments, sponges and needles on operative field using department count procedures.
• Adjusts instrumentation and supplies to changes in procedures and patient condition.
• Anticipates surgeon’s needs and assists surgeon by draping patients, holding/passing instruments, retractors, sutures, and medications, applying surgical dressings, suctioning and sponging surgical wounds, holding extremities, and moving patients.
• Adjusts priorities and participates in resolving problems as appropriate.
• Performs or assists in sterile preps as needed/requested by monitoring aseptic techniques of surgical team members at field, reporting and correcting breaks in sterile technique immediately, and controlling location of contaminated instruments and supplies.
• Maintains appropriate quantities of surgical supplies and equipment by restocking room with necessary equipment and supplies and apprises supervisor of special requests for surgical supplies and equipment.
• Assists with decontamination of all equipment, instruments, and supplies as necessary and assists with cleaning rooms, furniture, and equipment according to established procedures

Education

Graduate from accredited School for Surgical Technology

Job description

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Surgical Tech- SUR

PRN Hattiesburg, MS, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1174

SURGICAL TECH- PRN

Southern Surgery Center is seeking a PRN surgical tech. The surgical tech assists the physicians during surgery.

Job Responsibilities include:

• Serves as scrub person for surgical procedures.
• Follows department procedures for scrub persons by assembling surgical packs, supplies and instruments for surgical cases and preparing operating room for surgery.
• Assures adequate amount of appropriate supplies and instrumentation are available in accordance with surgeon’s preference and counts all instruments, needles, and sponges with registered nurse according to procedure.
• Inventories and monitors instruments, sponges and needles on operative field using department count procedures.
• Adjusts instrumentation and supplies to changes in procedures and patient condition.
• Anticipates surgeon’s needs and assists surgeon by draping patients, holding/passing instruments, retractors, sutures, and medications, applying surgical dressings, suctioning and sponging surgical wounds, holding extremities, and moving patients.
• Adjusts priorities and participates in resolving problems as appropriate.
• Performs or assists in sterile preps as needed/requested by monitoring aseptic techniques of surgical team members at field, reporting and correcting breaks in sterile technique immediately, and controlling location of contaminated instruments and supplies.
• Maintains appropriate quantities of surgical supplies and equipment by restocking room with necessary equipment and supplies and apprises supervisor of special requests for surgical supplies and equipment.
• Assists with decontamination of all equipment, instruments, and supplies as necessary and assists with cleaning rooms, furniture, and equipment according to established procedures

Requirements:

• Graduate from accredited School for Surgical Technology
• Orthopedic experience preferred, but not required

Work Schedule: PRN shifts available, hours may vary. No on-call. No weekends.