Surgical Technologist

Northwell Health; Village of Sleepy Hollow (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health in New York is seeking a Surgical Technologist to support the operating room team. You will maintain sterile technique, prepare instruments, assist the circulating nurse, and ensure implants are correct before use.

The role requires CST NBSTSA certification or an approved nursing credential, NY licensing, and ongoing CEU credits. You will collaborate with surgeons and follow strict safety protocols to ensure patient care and efficient turnover.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• CST NBSTSA credential and NY CEU credits required.
• OR graduate of practical nursing program with NY license and CEU credits.
• Must maintain NYS CEU credits annually.

Responsibilities

• Performs duties and responsibilities of a “scrub” person under the direction of a registered professional nurse.
• Assists the circulating nurse by gathering all instruments, supplies, equipment for each case in assigned room with use of surgeon’s preference card.
• Checks and confirms sterility tapes, dates, and integrity of wrappers.
• Opens sterile supplies for assigned cases.
• Checks and trouble shoots equipment for proper functioning prior to use and confirms suction is working. Appropriately removes malfunctioning equipment from use.
• Performs surgical counts with the circulating nurses according to policy.
• Performs surgical scrub technique and gown and glove procedure for self and surgical team.
• Maintains a sterile field and takes immediate action to correct any breaks in sterile technique.
• Arranges instruments, basins, sutures, and software in a precise manner to allow for accurate counting at completion of procedure.
• Uses all devices and instruments appropriately.
• Performs standard draping technique.
• Passes and handles instruments to surgical team in a safe and efficient manner. *Correctly holds retractors as prescribed by the supervising physician.
• Breaks down setup and prepares instruments for sterilization, participates in turnover activities.
• Collaborates with the surgeon to ensure proper labeling of all specimens from the sterile field.
• Confirm all implants are correct, and not expired prior to accepting on sterile field.
• Assures all fluids are labeled on sterile field.
• Ensures appropriate and safe use of equipment throughout the surgery.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the procedure

Education

HS Diploma

CST NBSTSA

NY LPN/LVN License

Job description

Job Responsibility

• 1.Performs duties and responsibilities of a “scrub” person under the direction of a registered professional nurse.
• 2.Assists the circulating nurse by gathering all instruments, supplies, equipment for each case in assigned room with use of surgeon’s preference card.
• 3.Checks and confirms sterility tapes, dates, and integrity of wrappers.
• 4.Opens sterile supplies for assigned cases.
• 5.Checks and trouble shoots equipment for proper functioning prior to use and confirms suction is working. Appropriately removes malfunctioning equipment from use.
• 6.Performs surgical counts with the circulating nurses according to policy.
• 7.Performs surgical scrub technique and gown and glove procedure for self and surgical team.
• 8.Maintains a sterile field and takes immediate action to correct any breaks in sterile technique.
• 9.Arranges instruments, basins, sutures, and software in a precise manner to allow for accurate counting at completion of procedure.
• 10.Uses all devices and instruments appropriately.
• 11.Performs standard draping technique.
• 12.Passes and handles instruments to surgical team in a safe and efficient manner. *Correctly holds retractors as prescribed by the supervising physician.
• 13.Breaks down setup and prepares instruments for sterilization, participates in turnover activities.
• 14.Collaborates with the surgeon to ensure proper labeling of all specimens from the sterile field.
• 15.Confirm all implants are correct, and not expired prior to accepting on sterile field.
• 16.Assures all fluids are labeled on sterile field.
• 17.Ensures appropriate and safe use of equipment throughout the surgery.
• 18.Demonstrates knowledge of the procedure

Job Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Successful completion from a nationally accredited educational program for surgical technologist, a certified surgical technologist (CST) credential administered by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) and maintains annual NYS required annual Operating Room CEU credits, required
• OR
• Graduate of an accredited school of practical nursing or of a Nursing Vocational or Nursing Technical school, and current license to practice as a Practical Nurse in New York State, and maintains annual NYS required annual Operating Room CEU credits, required

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).