Qualifications:

• Certification by the National Association of Surgical Technician’s required

• Previous surgical technician experience preferred.
• Current BLS certification required.

• Responsible to take call and must live within a 45 minute response time.
• Must be able to maintain ongoing compliance and/or education related to the Surgical Technician Field.

Skill and Ability:

• Co-responsibility with the registered professional nurse for correct counts of instruments, sponges, needles, and sharps.
• Responsible for maintaining a working knowledge of the identification and labeling of medications on the sterile field.
• Sets up the sterile field back table and Mayco stand with instruments, supplies, equipment and labeling medications/solutions needed for the procedure.
• Knowledge and practice of correct positioning of patients.
• Knowledge and practice of safety in transporting of patients.
• Knowledge and responsibility for correct instrumentation according to size and/or age of patient.
• Knowledge and responsibility for correct prostheses for each procedure.
• Assists the team members with gowning, gloving, and draping the patient
• Participates in the surgical site and patient verification during the timeout procedure.
• Able to meet the physical demands of the position.

• Ability to participate in current and future training programs in order to learn new functions necessary for the OR to provide new and improved services.