Full-Time
Surgical Technologist
Sauk Prairie Healthcare
No salary listed
Prairie du Sac, WI, USA
In Person
Bachelor's
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Required Skills
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Requirements
- Graduate from a Surgical Technologist program, or qualify through equivalent experience in lieu of education.
- Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 90 days of hire.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain a sterile field for surgical procedures.
- Prepare surgical suites and assist surgeons during surgical procedures in the first scrub role.
- Handle instruments, supplies, and equipment during surgical procedures and anticipate the surgeon's needs.
- Don operating room attire and personal protective equipment.
- Gather, check, and open supplies and equipment needed for surgical procedures.
- Perform the surgical scrub and don the gown and gloves.
- Set up the sterile back table and Mayo stand with instruments, supplies, equipment, and medications or solutions.
- Perform initial and additional instrument, sharps, and sponge counts with the circulator.
- Assist team members with gowning and gloving.
- Assist with patient draping and establishment of the sterile field.
- Participate in surgical site and patient verification during the time-out procedure.
- Secure tubing, cords, and other sterile accessories.
- Prepare and anticipate additional instrumentation, equipment, and supplies during procedures.
- Pass instruments and supplies to the surgeon during procedures.
- Measure and pass medications, hemostatic agents, and irrigation solutions used during procedures.
- Hold retractors or instruments as directed by the surgeon.
- Sponge or suction the operative site.
- Apply electrocautery to clamps or forceps on bleeding sites.
- Cut suture material as directed by the surgeon.
- Coordinate the camera and instruments during endoscopic surgery as directed by the surgeon.
- Maintain sterile technique throughout procedures.
- Prepare sterile dressings and immobilization devices.
- Prepare and pass specimens as appropriate.
- Clean and prepare instruments for terminal sterilization.
- Assist with terminal cleaning of the operating room.
- Assist in preparing the operating room for the next patient.
- Participate in debriefing and quality-improvement practices.
- Assist with reprocessing and sterilization of instruments.
- Assist with supply and equipment par levels.
- Assist endoscopy patients with endoscope setup.
- Assist with specimen retrieval at the provider's direction.
- Perform point-of-use cleaning.
- Assist with endoscope cleaning and high-level disinfection.
Desired Qualifications
- Certification as a Surgical Technologist.