Role OverviewWorks under the supervision of the Manager and Surgeon to facilitate a safe and effective operating room. Prepares the operating room, assists the surgical team, and ensures patient safety.
What You Will Do
Prepares the operating room, assists the surgical team, passes instruments, counts sponges and needles, and prepares and labels medications. Assists in transporting patients and positioning them on the Operating Room table.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Must have strong communication skills, ability to read and write in English, and a graduate of an Accredited Civilian or Military Operating Room Technologist/Surgical Technologist program.
Requirements
- Ability to read, write and communicate in English
- Graduate of an Accredited Civilian or Military Operating Room Technologist/Surgical Technologist program
- BLS Certification required within 3 months of entering position
- Certified by an entity accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies and recognized by both the American College of Surgeons and the Association of Surgical Technologists
- National Certification within 12 months of graduation and maintain certification
- Employed as a Surgical Technologist in a surgical facility on July 1, 2013
- Completed a training program for Surgical Technology in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or Coast Guard of the United States or in the United States Public Health Service
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