Certified Surgical Technician

Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Indian River Hospital is in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast where it is committed to providing optimal family-centric and community-focused care. At Indian River Hospital, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work with state-of-the-art technology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Surgical Technicians, sometimes called “scrub techsâ€, assist in surgical procedures under the supervision of surgeons and registered nurses and ensure quality patient care during the operative procedure and maintaining a sterile field. Surgical Technicians perform a variety of functions, such as checking supplies and equipment, setting up sterile tables, performing appropriate counts, draping the sterile field, passing instruments to the surgeon and assistant during the procedure, prepare sterile dressing and clean instruments for terminal sterilization. Surgery would not be possible if it were not for Surgical Technicians.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Assist in the provision of quality, individualized patient care.
  
• Follow guidelines for perioperative practices as established by AORN.
  
• Review daily assignments and ascertain surgeon-specific preferences and type of anesthesia.
  
• Identify and prioritize individual patient care needs.
  
• Plan care based on contemplated procedure, standards of practice, admission assessment and physician preferences.
  
• Assemble, check and open sterile packs, sutures and more.
  
• Practice and assist others in maintaining aseptic technique and report and/or correct any breaks.
  
• Comply with required standards for patient positioning, skin preparation, counting and side-site verification.
  
• Remain with the sterile setup to assure maintenance of the sterile field.
  
• Assist with draping.
  
• Prepare and/or edit the surgeon�s preference list to ensure quality care of patients.
  
• Communicate pertinent information during the procedure and during personnel changes.
  
• Collect specimens as directed by the surgeon and identify the origin of each specimen to the RN Circulator.
  
• Assist surgeons and assistants with retraction and suction as directed.
  
• Assure that all biohazard material is handled and disposed of properly using universal precautions.
  
• Keep accurate counts of all sutures, sharps, soft goods and instruments.
  
• Assure that all instrumentation is returned to decontamination with proper documentation count sheets.
  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Certified Surgical Technologist
  
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
  

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Two years of experience in a multi-disciplined OR in an acute care hospital setting
  

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• Workload is heavy and requires constant lifting, moving of patients, equipment, instrument trays, and supplies.
  
• Able to lift items up to 50 pounds without assistance and greater than 50 pounds with assistance.
  
• Stooping, pushing and pulling required when moving patients or equipment into position for surgery.
  
• Ability to work at a fast pace and to prioritize multiple assignments/projects and respond to numerous requests; ability to resolve conflicts among staff and to work collaboratively with department director, physicians and other members of the healthcare team; ability to ensure operational efficiency; ability to problem solve and make decisions; ability to exercise self-control and tolerate stress when dealing with multiple requests and/or conflicting demands from multiple customers.
  
• Needs minimal sustained direction in assessing work load, directing staff and carrying out departmental and professional responsibilities; self-starting and self-motivating; working hours may exceed eight (8) hours per day and is based on what is needed to accomplish completion of the daily surgical schedule.
  

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.
  

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