Certified Surgical Technologist - Cardiac Surgery - Morristown Medical Center

Job Description Certified Surgical Technologist - CARDIAC SURGERY - Morristown Medical Center - Full-Time - 6:30am-4:30pm Job Purpose Anticipates the needs of the surgical team by ensuring the availability of sterile instruments, supplies and equipment required during surgical/procedural interventions to maximize patient outcomes. Principal Accountabilities Applies principles and practices of asepsis; performs surgical scrub, gowning, and gloving procedure. Assembles all necessary supplies according to requirements of the patient and the surgical procedure. Sets up sterile instrument table and prepares supplies according to type of operation. Assists in draping of patient and operative area according to need. Assists and anticipates needs of surgeon for instruments, sutures, sponges, and supplies according to knowledge of procedural requirements and constant monitoring of progress. Maintains correct count of sponges, needles, and instruments with circulating nurse and report correctness of discrepancies according to established policy and procedure. Maintains and monitors aseptic technique at all times and institute corrective measures in the event of contamination. Assists in care, handling and disposition of specimen according to policy. Inspects instruments, trays and packages to ensure sterility and completeness and with no evidence of bioburden. Ensures proper functioning of instruments before use. Correctly receives and labels solutions and medications on the sterile field. Verifies all solutions and medications with RN team member. Participates in Universal Protocol; Sign in, Time out and sign out per policy. Participates in Fire Risk Assessment. Ensures fire safety measures are met and communicated. Demonstrates and understands use of all equipment in the patient care areas. Communicates malfunctioning equipment or instruments immediately and requests equipment be removed and sequestered appropriately until further investigation. Maintains sharps safety measures in handling, transfer and disposal. Direct all team members in safe handling measures within the sterile field. Maintains organized sterile back table. Follows point of use instrument cleaning standards. Use pre-cleansing solution on all instruments before delivering to SPD decontamination area. Assists with cleanup in OR as necessary. Maintains safety measures at all times. Maintains a good professional working relationship with all team members. Maintains professional and technical knowledge through continuing education and organization and unit mandates. Achieves and maintained professional ST certification as required. Contributes to team efforts and high quality, safe patient outcomes through collaboration with peers, supervisors, surgeons, and anesthesiologists. Promoting all PRIDE values. Performs other related duties as assigned. Qualifications Education / Experience High School Diploma or equivalent required. Associate's degree in Surgical Technology or related field preferred. Completion of an accredited Surgical Technologist Program required. Certification through NCCT or NBSTSA required. 1-2 years of experience as a Scrub Tech in a Hospital Setting preferred. BLS required. Competencies Surgical hand scrub Gowning and Gloving Setting up a sterile field Safe patient transfer Team Member Benefits Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members) Life & AD&D Insurance. Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement) 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution PTO & Paid Sick Leave Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave Backup and On-Site Childcare Well-Being Rewards Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance EEO STATEMENT Atlantic Health, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status. #J-18808-Ljbffr