CERTIFIED SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST

Job Details: Job Location: Memorial Hospital of Carbon County - Rawlins, WY 82301, Position Type: Full-Time/Part-Time, Travel Percentage: None, Job Shift: Any, Job Category: Other,

The Surgical Technologist prepares the operating room before a surgery takes place. They also prepare patients for surgery, arrange medical equipment, and assist doctors during surgical procedures.

Qualifications

• Certified Surgical Technologist
• High School Diploma or G.E.D. CNA or LPN preferred
• One year of work in the medical field preferred.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares and issues central sterile supplies and equipment used in OR and other departments requiring sterile supplies.
• Received, breaks down, sorts, inventories, cleans, and examines surgical instruments for proper serviceability.
• Properly prepares instruments for sterilization using sterilization principles
• Assembles and wraps surgical instruments and other supplies and equipment for sterilization
• Loads and operates sterilization equipment using best practice policy and procedures
• Cleans and disinfects all equipment according to department procedures
• Conducts tests pertinent to CS such as spore tests and Bowie Dick Tests
• Follows collection, processing, and distribution procedures according to policy (rounds)
• Orders necessary supplies for the department weekly
• Performs preventative maintenance procedures on rental equipment according to department procedures
• Utilizes personal protective barriers and equipment; performs universal precautions
• Performs other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Ability to develop good working relations with other employees of the hospital
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to have a high degree of tact, discretion, accuracy and confidentiality in dealing within the clinic as well as the community
• Knowledge of medical practices, administrative processes, and organizational policies including medical standards, regulations, equipment and safety.
• Ability to modify communication style and explanations of procedures consistent with patient's ability to understand, hear, and their desire for information.