Surgical Technologist — Day Shift OR Support

bilh; Symmes Corner (MA); On-site; USD 46,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) is hiring a Surgical Technologist for Winchester Hospital, a 223-bed regional facility in the northwest suburban Boston area. The role is a 36-hour-per-week day shift with weekend and holiday rotations, supporting Labor & Delivery under RN supervision and following AORN guidelines.

Required: graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program or equivalent as of 2013, with preferred one year of OR scrub experience.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Retrieves and reviews 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.

Education

Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program

At least one year operating room scrub experience (preferred)

Job description

Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) is hiring a Surgical Technologist for Winchester Hospital, a 223-bed regional facility in the northwest suburban Boston area. The role is a 36-hour-per-week day shift with weekend and holiday rotations, supporting Labor & Delivery under RN supervision and following AORN guidelines.

Required: graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program or equivalent as of 2013, with preferred one year of OR scrub experience.