Surgical Tech- SUR

Job Description

Job Description

SURGICAL TECH- PRN

Southern Surgery Center is seeking a PRN surgical tech. The surgical tech assists the physicians during surgery.

Job Responsibilities include: 

• Serves as scrub person for surgical procedures.
• Follows department procedures for scrub persons by assembling surgical packs, supplies and instruments for surgical cases and preparing operating room for surgery.
• Assures adequate amount of appropriate supplies and instrumentation are available in accordance with surgeon’s preference and counts all instruments, needles, and sponges with registered nurse according to procedure.
• Inventories and monitors instruments, sponges and needles on operative field using department count procedures.
• Adjusts instrumentation and supplies to changes in procedures and patient condition.
• Anticipates surgeon’s needs and assists surgeon by draping patients, holding/passing instruments, retractors, sutures, and medications, applying surgical dressings, suctioning and sponging surgical wounds, holding extremities, and moving patients.
• Adjusts priorities and participates in resolving problems as appropriate.
• Performs or assists in sterile preps as needed/requested by monitoring aseptic techniques of surgical team members at field, reporting and correcting breaks in sterile technique immediately, and controlling location of contaminated instruments and supplies.
• Maintains appropriate quantities of surgical supplies and equipment by restocking room with necessary equipment and supplies and apprises supervisor of special requests for surgical supplies and equipment.
• Assists with decontamination of all equipment, instruments, and supplies as necessary and assists with cleaning rooms, furniture, and equipment according to established procedures

Requirements:  

• Graduate from accredited School for Surgical Technology
• Orthopedic experience preferred, but not required

Work Schedule:  PRN shifts available, hours may vary.  No on-call.  No weekends.