What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operating Room Surgical Tech position at Emory Healthcare?
Overview
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Description
Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital Main OR has 15 rooms and 1 hybrid room focusing on endo/vascular. Our General Operating Room specialty areas include General Surgery, ENT, Robotics, Ophthalmology (Corneal; Retina Cell transplants), Complex GYN, Complex Ortho/Spine, Thoracic, and Vascular.
We are seeking a capable Surgical Technologist, Operating Room. This individual implements and evaluates care of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients undergoing diagnostic and invasive surgical procedures. This individual:
- Plans for surgical procedure based on identified needs of surgeon and patient.
- Implements intervention for identified patient problems as related to surgical procedure and patient needs.
- Assists surgeons and nurses with patients, equipment preparation, aseptic technique, and surgical procedures in the operating room.
- Prepares the operating room for surgery by assembling routine supplies, materials, instruments, and equipment; obtains special supplies indicated by physician.
- Set up and operate a variety of specialized instrumentation, manual and powered equipment.
- Follows procedures for pre and post-operative accounting of sharps, sponges and instruments used in the surgical set up.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A high school diploma or equivalent.
- Graduation from an accredited surgical technology program or equivalent job training.
- Certification in Surgical Technology preferred.
- Two years multispecialty experience with one year in a complex specialty area.
- Must be able to function as a clinical expert in two or more complex specialty service lines and have the ability to float to other complex service lines as needed.
- Complex specialty areas include CVOR, Complex Neuro Procedures (aneurysm, craniotomy), Large Organ Transplant, Surg Onc (Head & Neck, Skull Based, HIPEC), and Reconstructive Surgery (e.g. TRAM Flaps).
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification in accordance with the American Heart Association required.
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Additional Details
Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.
Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Emory Healthcare’s Human Resources at careers@emoryhealthcare.org. Please note that one week's advance notice is preferred.
