Certified OR Tech / Surgical Tech (CST)

Permanent Role

Shift: Varying schedules and shifts available

Pay: Will be based on experience

Job Summary

The Surgical Technologist and/or the Certified Surgical Technologist prepares the room and gathers supplies needed for surgical procedures; delivers instruments and supplies to the surgeon and other members of the surgical team intra operatively; may function as second assistant to the surgeon; assists in the proper decontamination of the room, supplies and instruments post operatively.

Minimum Qualifications

Completion of OhioHealth OR ST Fellowship or Graduated from an accredited (CAAHEP) surgical technologist school or equivalent military training or 10+ years' experience as a Surgery Technician.

High school diploma or GED

BLS ST certification preferred

Must demonstrate basic critical thinking skills on their introductory team

Perform primary role independently

Demonstrate the ability to anticipate surgeon needs and communicates these with staff

Identify actual or potential emergency situations and intervene safely with assistance and/or supervision

Complete basic skills and competencies in 2-3 service lines as delineated in the Surgery Skill Competency Checklist.

Independently scrub complex cases in 1-2 assigned service line specialties.

Facility Details

Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus

Consistently Ranked One of the Nation's Best

Serving patients since 1892, OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, is a 1,059-bed, teaching hospital and OhioHealth's largest hospital. Riverside Methodist shares the OhioHealth mission "to improve the health of those we serve." It is recognized locally, regionally and nationally for quality healthcare and is consistently ranked one of the nation's best hospitals.