Surgical Techno III - Cardiovascular Operating Room

experiencedAlliedHealth; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 77,102,000 - 110,667,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commitment Incentive Program

Job summary

UNC Health's Rex CVOR in North Carolina is hiring a Surgical Technologist III to support complex cardiac and vascular procedures. You will ensure sterile technique, maintain instrument readiness, assist the surgeon, scrub across multiple services, and participate in planning and instrument sets for each case.

This full-time, on-site role offers a comprehensive orientation, mentorship of new hires, and opportunities to contribute to department-wide safety and quality initiatives.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement.
• Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technology or Nursing Program; or Military Training Program in Surgical Technology; or substitution for 5+ years of experience as a surgical tech.
• 3+ years of professional surgical tech experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership at unit level to correct safety/clinical quality deficiencies.
• Assists in development of policies, procedures, and protocols at the department level.
• Performs technical skill duties in operating room specialty service areas with proper practices.
• Maintains, assembles, handles, and sterilizes specialty instrumentation; facilitates efficient room turnovers.
• Mentors Surgical Tech peers; primary preceptor for new hires and scrub role for CVOR.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Mentoring

On-call readiness

Education

High school diploma or GED

Graduate of Accredited Surgical Technology Program

Military Training in Surgical Technology

Job description

Job Description

Description

*This position qualifies for our UNC Surgical Technologist Commitment Incentive Program, ask you recruiter for more information.

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

The UNC REX Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR) features five dedicated OR suites supporting our Heart & Vascular patients. Last year alone, our team performed over 1,100 cardiovascular surgeries, reflecting the strength, growth, and excellence of our program.

Our CVOR offers a robust orientation program for new hires, ensuring comprehensive training and long-term success. We are proud to work alongside highly skilled surgeons and exceptional clinical staff who deliver comprehensive, state-of-the-art cardiovascular care to every patient.

UNC REX is a six-time Magnet-designated hospital for nursing excellence and a 3-star cardiac surgery program recognized by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).

In addition, our Heart & Vascular Hospital is a six-time recipient of the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for patient satisfaction, reflecting our unwavering commitment to exceptional patient experiences.

Our team is small, highly collaborative, and deeply committed to teamwork, professionalism, and delivering the highest quality patient-centered care.

Come join us and be part of something exceptional.

Summary:

The Surgical Technologist III provides support for surgical and interventional cardiac and/or vascular cases, facilitating the safe and effective conduct of invasive surgical procedures, ensuring that the operating room environment is safe, that equipment functions properly, and that the operative procedure is conducted under conditions that maximize patient safety. Surgical technologists possess expertise in the theory and application of sterile and aseptic technique and combine the knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures, and implementation tools and technologies to facilitate a physician's performance of invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. Competent to perform surgical scrub duties across multiple services. Must function as a subject matter expert (SME), PI project, or another unit project when needed. Call is required to ensure emergent patient needs are met.

Responsibilities

• 1. Performs all the duties and responsibilities of Level II plus the following:
• 2. Provides leadership at unit level to correct safety/clinical quality deficiencies. Leads/implements changes at the unit level.
• 3. Assists in the development of policies, procedures, and protocols at the department level
• 4. Performs technical skill duties in all operating room specialty service areas, ensuring that proper technical practices are employed according to accepted standards of process.
• 5. Provides proper maintenance, assembly, handling, and sterilization techniques of specialty instrumentation. Facilitates efficient room turnovers.
• 6. Demonstrates knowledge and proper handling of surgical implants related to surgical specialty focus area.
• 7. Demonstrates advanced knowledge and practice of aseptic and surgical technique. Proactively identifies contamination and/or breaks in aseptic technique and implements corrective actions.
• 8. Performs surgical counts. Follows policies and procedures for incorrect counts and reports discrepancies appropriately.
• 9. Assists in the proper identification, preparation, handling, and labeling of surgical specimens. Labels drugs and solutions; monitors quantities used.
• 10. Actively participates in the planning and set up of instruments, supplies, and surgical drapes in an organized manner to provide optimal accessibility during the procedure. Assists in picking cases and planning of instrument needs.
• 11. Assists the surgeon, demonstrating an understanding of the patient’s anatomy and abnormalities which affect the surgical procedure. Assists the registered nurse during the intraoperative implementation phase of nursing practice.
• 12. Recognizes and modifies scrubbing procedures based on pertinent information to develop modifications to standard approaches to care and communicates with the surgical team. Responds to surgical emergencies and follows hospitalwide emergency management plans.
• 13. Inventories, receives, and stores supplies under the direction of leadership. Identifies and reports defective instruments, supplies, and equipment. Assists with restocking operating/procedure rooms and sub-sterile areas. Coaches team to anticipate resources.
• 14. Mentors Surgical Tech peers in collaboration with leadership and educator. Serves as primary preceptor for new hires, on the job trainees, and to scrub role for CVOR. Participates in teaching, guiding, and evaluating the performance of peers during orientation and annual review process. Identifies and communicates educational needs with leadership and educator. Assesses department-wide learning needs and participates in planning activities to meet those needs.
• 15. Serves as Primary Surgical Technologist resource for surgical specialty.
• 16. Collaborates with other health care professionals in the development of surgical budgetary requirements. When applicable, recommends cost containment strategies to increase organizational fiscal outcomes.
• 17. Participates in data collection for research projects under the direction of an RN.

Other Information

Education Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required; higher-level degree may satisfy this requirement. Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technology or Nursing Program; or Graduate of a Military Training Program in Surgical Technology; or Formal education/training may be substituted for individuals with 5+ years of prior experience as a surgical tech

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification
• Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) through The National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting or Tech in Surgery (TS-C) through The National Center of Competency Testing

Professional Experience Requirements

• 3+ years

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

• Successful completion of service specific portion of the UNC Health Surgical Technologist competencies.
• Strong communication skills/customer service relations
• Excellent organizational/priority setting skill.
• Ability to function effectively as a mentor & team player
• On-call (May be a requirement depending on the position).

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex CVOR

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $26.85 - $38.61 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.