Surgical Technologist - FT Days

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

LCMC Health is seeking a Surgical Technologist to support the operating room team in New Orleans, LA. The role centers on maintaining a sterile environment and assisting with instrument passage, patient positioning, and readiness for procedures.

Our team values vigilance, precision, and an ability to thrive under pressure while ensuring safe surgeries for every patient. LCMC Health emphasizes compassionate care in Louisiana communities and welcomes a dedicated surgical technologist to join the

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program.
• Current BLS certification.
• Willing to obtain Surgical Technician certification (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Assist the circulating nurse with patient positioning, confirmation/preparation of operative site, care of operative specimens and room turnover.
• Establish and maintain an organized sterile field.
• Use proper sterilization methods for instruments prior to procedures.
• Understand asepsis and the standards and techniques to addressing asepsis and takes corrective action when any unsafe practice, conditions or breaks occur.
• Prepare the operating room with sterile supplies, instruments, and sutures.
• Follow policies for scrubbing, gowning, gloving, draping and counting with the circulating nurse.
• Perform the role of first scrub on basic surgical cases.
• Anticipate the needs and assists the surgeon with retracting tissue, holding instrumentation and cutting suture.

Skills

Asepsis knowledge

Anticipate surgeon needs

Education

Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program

Current BLS certification

Job description

Your job is more than a job

As a trusted member of the operating room team, your top priority as a Surgical Technologist is a safe surgery for every patient. You’re the watch dog in the OR protecting patients from harm by maintaining a sterile environment. It’s all about preparation and anticipation, ensuring the instrumentation and equipment is there when the surgeon needs it.

As a Surgical Tech, you’re an extra pair of hands when needed passing out surgical instruments, positioning the patient, or sometimes, holding retractors if the surgeon asks. Stress? Not a problem, you say, because you thrive on responsibility, focus on the little things, and organize like nobody’s business. And that’s what we love about you.

Your experiences, knowledge, skills, your empathy, compassion, personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this crucial surgical team role.

Your Everyday

• Assist the circulating nurse with patient positioning, confirmation/preparation of operative site, care of operative specimens and room turnover.

• Establish and maintain an organized sterile field.

• Use proper sterilization methods for instruments prior to procedures.

• Understand asepsis and the standards and techniques to addressing asepsis and takes corrective action when any unsafe practice, conditions or breaks occur.

• Prepare the operating room with sterile supplies, instruments, and sutures.

• Follow policies for scrubbing, gowning, gloving, draping and counting with the circulating nurse.

• Perform the role of first scrub on basic surgical cases.

• Anticipate the needs and assists the surgeon with retracting tissue, holding instrumentation and cutting suture.

The Must-Haves

Minimum

• Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program

• Current BLS certification

Preferred

• Surgical Technician certification

• Previous experience as a surgical technologist

Sign-on Bonus Available!

WORK SHIFT:

Days (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

Simple things make the difference.