Surgical Technologist I

eTeam; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Chapel Hill is seeking a Surgical Technologist I to perform technical duties in the operating room. The role involves assisting surgeons, maintaining sterilization techniques, and ensuring optimal accessibility of instruments during procedures. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and be graduates of an accredited program. This position offers a contract duration of 3-6 months with a schedule of 36 hours per week.

Qualifications

• 0-3 years’ experience required.
• Successful completion of service specific portion of the UNC Health Surgical Technologist competencies.

Responsibilities

• Performs technical skill duties in all operating room specialty service areas.
• Assists the surgeon, demonstrating an understanding of the patient’s anatomy.
• Maintains, assembles, and sterilizes specialty instrumentation.

Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Education

Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technology or Nursing Program

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Job Title: Surgical Technologist I
Location: Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Duration: 03-06 Months
Schedule Notes: (7a-7p) - 36 hrs/Week

Description
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Job Summary:
-Performs technical skill duties in all operating room specialty service areas, ensuring that proper technical practices are employed according to accepted standards of process.
-Provides proper maintenance, assembly, handling, and sterilization techniques of specialty instrumentation.
-Follows aseptic technique.
-Proactively identifies contamination and/or breaks in aseptic technique and implements corrective actions.
-Performs surgical counts.
-Follows policies and procedures for incorrect counts and reports discrepancies appropriately.
-Labels drugs and solutions; monitors quantities used.
-Assists in the proper identification, preparation, handling, and labeling of surgical specimens.
-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 the surgeon, demonstrating an understanding of the patient’s anatomy and abnormalities which affect the surgical procedure.
-Assists in picking cases and planning of instrument needs.
-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 hospital-wide emergency management plans.
-Inventories, receives, and stores supplies under the direction of Surgical Services leadership.
-Identifies and reports defective instruments, supplies, and equipment.
-Assists with restocking operating/procedure rooms and sub-sterile areas.
-Assists the registered nurse during the intraoperative implementation phase of nursing practice.
-Operates complex equipment and other resources in the operating room, troubleshooting as necessary.
-Serves as a mentor for Surgical Technician Trainees and will serve as a preceptor as needed.

Skills
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Required Skills & Experience:
-0-3 years’ experience.
-Successful completion of service specific portion of the UNC Health Surgical Technologist competencies.
-Strong communication skills/customer service relations.
-Excellent organizational/priority-setting skills.

Preferred Skills & Experience:
-N/A

Education
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Required Education:
-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 3+ years of prior experience as a surgical tech.

Preferred Education:
-N/A

Required Certifications & Licensure:
-Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.

Preferred Certifications & Licensure:
-N/A

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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