Surgical Scrub Technician

Main function: Responsible for ensuring proper care and use of surgical instruments.

Philosophy:

• Supports the facility’s ideology, mission, goals, and objectives
• Performs in accordance with facility policies and procedures
• Follows facility standards for ethical business conduct
• Conducts self as a positive role model and team member
• Recognizes patients’ rights and responsibilities and supports them in performance of job duties
• Participates in facility committees, meetings, in‑services, and activities

Communication:

• Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, visitors, physicians, and coworkers
• Interacts with others in a positive, respectful, and considerate manner
• Comprehends and interprets verbal orders and directions

Financial practices:

• Uses facility resources appropriately and avoids wasteful practices
• Reports wasteful practices
• Analyzes work area and recommends cost‑effective improvements

Compliance program:

• Contributes to the organization’s compliance program
• Performs according to established compliance policies and procedures

Safety/risk‑management program:

• Adheres to safety policies and procedures
• Reports observed or suspected safety violations, hazards, and noncompliance to the safety officer or designated person

Professional competence:

• Participates in continuing education and other learning experiences
• Shares knowledge gained with staff
• Maintains membership in relevant professional organizations
• Seeks new learning opportunities and accepts challenging responsibilities
• Welcomes suggestions and recommendations

Duties:

• Perform specified functions to meet requirements of each approved procedure
• Assemble supplies and equipment for scheduled procedures according to physicians’ preference cards
• Inspect equipment for proper working condition
• Follow principles of aseptic technique and operating/procedure room procedures
• Adhere to aseptic technique when opening sterile packages and preparing for procedures
• Arrange instruments according to the given procedure and confirm instruments work properly
• Maintain availability of instruments and supplies to avoid delays
• Report observed or suspected breaks in sterile technique and take action according to policy
• Correctly use, care for, clean, and sterilize instruments, supplies, and equipment as directed
• Handle equipment and instruments to ensure appropriate availability and safety
• Maintain adequate supplies in the operating room for immediate access during procedures
• Assist in storing and stocking supplies as directed
• Maintain and update instrument cards and surgeons’ preference cards
• Respond in a timely manner to meet the needs of patients and physicians
• Document patient‑care records and other forms according to facility policies and procedures
• Accurately advise others responsible for patient care about patient status
• Responsibility for assets: Not applicable

Qualifications:

• Cooperative work attitude toward co‑employees, management, patients, visitors, and physicians
• Ability to promote a favorable facility image with physicians, patients, insurance companies, and the general public
• Ability to make decisions and solve problems

Requirements (Required):

• High school diploma or GED
• Local candidates required
• Accredited through CAAHEP or ABHES
• Completion of surgical scrub technician course
• Operating room experience
• Strong ethical and moral character references

Requirements (Preferred):

• Two years’ previous operating room experience
• Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) experience

Job quality requirements:

• Accuracy
• Attention to detail
• Timeliness
• Organization
• Ability to accomplish tasks with little supervision

Dependability:

• Attendance
• Punctuality
• Ability to follow instructions
• Ability to meet deadlines

Physical/mental requirements:

• Ability to sit/stand for long periods and walk
• Capability for occasional overhead and low reaching
• Physical strength for equipment needs and patient‑care activities
• Visual and auditory acuity for timely response and patient‑care assessment
• Ability to move quickly in response to patient needs
• Ability to make frequent judgments and respond to routine problems
• Ability to make occasional judgments and respond to disasters or emergencies, actual events, or drills

Working conditions (environmental):

• Well lit and ventilated environment with non‑hazardous and hazardous equipment
• Category I: involves occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious body fluids and materials

Reports to: Clinical director

Supervises: Not applicable

Contacts:

• Patients
• Patients’ family/significant others
• Physicians and physician office personnel
• Facility personnel
• Vendors
• Administration
• Medical director
• Governing body

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