Technologist, Surgical Services (Certified)- Inpatient

denverhealth; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Denver Health in Denver, CO is seeking a mission-driven Technologist, Surgical Services (Certified) - Inpatient to join our Inpatient Operating Room team. You will scrub for pediatric to adult cases, transport supplies, and support perioperative care under RN supervision.

The role emphasizes patient safety, sterile technique, and collaboration with surgeons, nurses, and anesthesia staff in a fast-paced 24/7 surgical unit that serves a diverse community.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED Required

Responsibilities

• Functions as a scrub tech for minor/ major/ complex surgical procedures; anticipates surgical team needs; maintains sterile field and processes; pulls according to Preference Card; ensures instrumentation and supplies; facilitates room turnover.
• Performs surgical counts under supervision of the RN. Follows and consults other team members regarding departmental policies when the policy is in question.
• Maintains instrument sets, hospital trays, and clinic trays in a functioning order and according to the number of instruments on the inventory/ count sheets.
• Receives, sorts, stocks, decontaminates, cleans, examines, and sterilizes surgical items according to AORN, AMMI, Joint Commission, and ASHCSP practices; acts as a resource for disposal questions.
• Performs OR environmental maintenance duties relating to sterilization and storage areas.
• Confirms drug dosages and utilizes the "three checks" when receiving and passing medications on the sterile field with the RN and surgeon; ensures proper labeling; completes occurrence form if medication error occurs.
• Transports patients as needed; transporting specimens, blood products, medications and other items; includes access to pneumatic tube system.

Education

High School Diploma or GED Required

Job description

We are recruiting for a mission-driven Technologist, Surgical Services (Certified)- Inpatient to join our team!

We're with you for life's journey. At Denver Health, purpose isn't just something we believe in-it's something we live every day, for life's journey.

Our Values

Respect | Belonging | Accountability | Transparency

Department

Operating Room

The Denver Health Inpatient Operating Room is an 11-room, highly specialized surgical unit that provides 24/7 surgical care to patients with complex and high-acuity needs. Serving the community of Denver, the State of Colorado, and surrounding states, the unit supports a full spectrum of surgical services through continuous staffing, which minimizes the need for call while maintaining exceptional patient care.

Staffed by a highly experienced and skilled clinical team, the Inpatient OR specializes in a wide range of surgery services, including:

• General surgery
• Trauma
• Spine and Neurosurgery
• Bariatric
• Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
• Genitourinary and Gynecology (GU/GYN)
• Plastics and Hand
• Gender affirmation
• Pediatrics
• Oral maxillofacial and Dental
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Oncology
• Vascular surgery

The unit also houses a state-of-the-art Hybrid Operating Room, allowing for advanced image-guided vascular and endovascular procedures.

Additionally, the Denver Health Bariatric Surgery Center-located within the inpatient OR-is the only MBSAQIP-certified (Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program) hospital in Denver serving both adolescents (ages 16-20) and adults (ages 21-65).

The nurse-to-patient ratio in the Inpatient OR is 1:1, ensuring highly personalized surgical care.

Job Summary

Under the close supervision of an RN, participates as a member of the perioperative nursing team by performing direct and indirect perioperative surgical technologist tasks for patients having pediatric, adult, and geriatric surgical and endoscopy procedures. Performs tasks related to picking supplies and equipment for surgical cases. Scrubs for minor/ major/ complex surgical procedures. Transports patients. May be assigned to work in the sterile processing department and/ or operating room as required. Under the close supervision of a qualified surgeon, the surgical technologist performs scrub duties during the surgical procedures (holding retractors and passing instrumentation). Performs technical tasks pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 12, Article 43.2

Essential Functions :

General Operations

• Functions as a scrub tech for minor/ major/ complex surgical procedures; anticipates surgical team needs; appropriately maintains sterile field and sterile processes; pulls according to Preference Card; has appropriate instrumentation and supplies; facilitates room turnover.
• Performs surgical counts under supervision of the RN. Follows and consults other team members regarding departmental policies when the policy is in question.
• Maintains instrument sets, hospital trays, and clinic trays in a functioning order and according to the number of instruments on the inventory/ count sheets.
• Receives, sorts, stocks, decontaminates, cleans, examines, and sterilizes surgical items according to AORN, AMMI, Joint Commission, and ASHCSP recommended practices. Acts as a resource when collection and disposal questions and concerns are in question.
• Performs OR environmental maintenance duties relating to sterilization and storage areas.
• Confirms drug dosages and utilizes the "three checks" when receiving and passing medications on the sterile field with the RN and surgeon as required. Ensures appropriate labeling of medications on the sterile field. Completes occurrence form when medication error occurs.
• Performs transportation responsibilities when requested; transporting patients form one area to another; delivering laboratory specimens, blood products, medications and other hospital/ medical items to the requested departments as needed; and includes access to the pneumatic tube system to transport items, including blood products and medications, to and from the tube and the desired location. (50%)

Secondary Duties

• Transports patients safely when required. (30%)
• Assists with the application of casts and splints.
• Reports defective material or equipment to the Unit Manager, Charge Nurse, Service Leader, or Chief Surgical Technologist for that service. Completes occurrence report pursuant to Denver Health policy.
• Teaches to AORN standards when precepting students, surgical technologists/ RNs in the scrub role.
• Maintains stock level of supplies and/ or equipment as assigned.
• Maintains Continuing Education hours and requirements for Certification. Maintains Certification. (30%)

Data Analysis

• Collects data to promote improvement.
• Reports response of patient/ family or changing condition to care provider and helps to appropriately update the plan of care. (20%)

Education

• High School Diploma or GED Required

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