Certified OR Tech / Surgical Tech (CST)

Full-Time Surgical Technologist, Lead

Townsen Memorial Surgery Center - River Oaks is looking for a Full-Time Surgical Technologist, Lead to join our team. The surgical technologist will be responsible for scrubbing in and assisting the physician for cases. After completion of each case, the surgical technologist will be on standby for sterile technician needs which includes the following aspects of sterile processing to include decontamination, preparation, packaging, sterilization, and sterile storage while adhering to department policies and procedures.

Essential functions include demonstrating strong knowledge of sterile technique related to operating room preparation and procedures, proficiency in medical and surgical technology, strong knowledge of operating equipment and supplies, assisting materials manager in maintaining inventories, providing encouragement to team members, protecting patient and family privacy rights, organizing the work flow, problem solving, and managing multiple ongoing priorities with minimal supervision, receiving information from various sources that is assimilated and communicated in an accurate, timely, and effective manner, identifying and following manufacturers instructions to sort, disassemble, decontaminate, rinse and disinfect instrumentation, flexible scopes, equipment, adhering to the proper handling of garbage, linen, and biohazardous materials, maintaining awareness of safety hazards, facilitating room turnovers, assembling and preparing instrumentation for sterilization, consistently using count sheets to correctly assemble, protect, wrap containerize and/or peel pack and label instrumentations, identifying and inspecting instruments for cleanliness and functionality, selecting appropriate sterilization methods, following manufacturers recommendations for sterilization methods, properly documenting and verifying sterilization loads and biological test to determine the efficacy of the sterilization process, properly handling sterile product and ensuring stock is placed in the proper location, preparing carts from pick list, delivering instrumentation to as needed to the operating room, consistently making rounds through the operating rooms and confirming instrumentation needs are met, troubleshooting problems and repairs, reviewing instrumentation needs management, inventorying and stocking operating par levels for stored instrumentation and emergency carts, working with specialty surgical instrumentation, participating in staff and self-development meetings/in services, proficiency in utilization of instrumentation tracking system, maintaining professional competences and certifications, maintaining a clean and orderly work area, providing encouragement to team members, including communicating team goals and identifying areas for new training or skills checks, assisting management with new team member training, acting as resource; giving advice and instructions to employees; coaching staff on assigned tasks; facilitating problem/issue resolution, acting as expert/super user for equipment, technical problems, and for advanced or difficult procedures, making, coordinating, and monitoring daily work assignments, giving input/feedback to management relative to employee performance.

Knowledge of medical terminology, strong knowledge of sterile technique related to operating room preparation and procedures, proficiency in medical and surgical technology, strong knowledge of operating equipment and supplies, leadership skills.

Education and experience: High School Diploma or GED, diploma from an approved Surgical Technologist Program and/or associate degree in a related field preferred, current Surgical Technologist Certification from an accredited program or completed an appropriate 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, current BLS.

Benefits include 3 medical plans, 2 dental plans, 2 vision plan, employee assistance programs, short and long term disability plans, basic life and voluntary insurance plans with AD&D, 401(k) with a 2-year vesting, PTO + holidays.