Part-Time
Surgical Technician
Eye Surgery Center of New Albany
No salary listed
New Albany, IN, USA
In Person
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Required Skills
Patient Care
Word/Pages/Docs
Quality Assurance (QA)
HIPAA
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Microsoft Outlook
Requirements
- A high school diploma or GED equivalent is required.
- A favorable background-check result is required.
- Basic computer skills are required.
- Basic Life Support certification is required.
- The candidate must be able to prioritize, plan, and implement patient care within the scope of practice.
- The candidate must be able to handle stress while prioritizing multiple tasks.
- Manual dexterity and strong fine motor skills are required to handle instruments.
- The candidate must be emotionally conscientious, orderly, and emotionally stable in the operating-room environment.
- The candidate must adhere to the work schedule, stay organized, and manage time effectively and cost-effectively.
- The candidate must be able to work effectively within a team.
- Above-average verbal and written communication skills are required.
- The candidate must be proficient with Amkai Charts Database software and Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- The candidate must be able to walk, sit, stand, bend, stoop, reach, and lift, carry, push, or pull items up to 25 pounds.
- Visual and auditory acuity, including color, depth, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus, is required.
Responsibilities
- Perform surgical-technician duties ethically and legally within the scope of certification.
- Comply with HIPAA regulations.
- Scrub all types of cases performed by the company.
- Anticipate the surgeon’s needs and provide equipment, medical gases, and supplies for procedures.
- Participate in continuing education, in-service training, staff meetings, and the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement program.
- Open sterile packs using sterile technique and prepare instruments.
- Set up the operating room with surgical instruments, verify equipment operation, and label sterile solutions.
- Gather supplies and equipment for the operating room.
- Maintain records of medications used intraoperatively, specimens retrieved, tissue implanted, implants, and liquids or chemicals on the field.
- Pass instruments and sterile supplies to surgical assistants.
- Hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, or blades when applicable.
- Prepare, care for, and dispose of specimens for laboratory analysis.
- Operate sterilizers, lights, suction, operating-room equipment, and diagnostic equipment.
- Assist with patient transfer to the post-anesthesia care unit when needed.
- Clean and restock the operating room.
- Assist with technical functions under supervision to support safe operations.
- Prep, drape, and position patients for surgery.
- Prepare cases according to the surgeon’s preference card.
- Gather supplies and anticipate the needs of each case.
- Assist with orienting new staff when needed.
- Participate in developing a healthy work environment.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
- Two years of hospital main operating-room experience is preferred.
- Certified Surgical Technician certification is preferred.
- Applicants with science-major, veterinarian-technician, dental-technician, ophthalmic/optometry-technician, LPN, or in-office sterile-procedure backgrounds are encouraged to apply because training will be provided.