Certified Surgical Tech - FT

Job ID 68101-147 Date posted 01/22/2025

Bristol Ambulatory Surgery Center is hiring a Certified Surgical Tech!

Welcome to Bristol Ambulatory Surgery Center, where exceptional care meets innovation, and health and care are truly inseparable!

Why join Bristol Ambulatory Surgery Center?

• Purpose-Driven Care: At Bristol, we are dedicated to creating a high-quality, service-oriented environment for surgical procedures. Every team member plays a critical role in improving the lives of our patients, making your work both meaningful and rewarding.
• Accredited Excellence: As an accredited facility by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, we are committed to the highest standards of quality, safety, and patient satisfaction.
• Physician Ownership: Be part of a center where physicians have an ownership or investment interest, fostering a collaborative and supportive environment. A list of physician owners or investors is available upon request.
• State-of-the-Art Facilities: With 4 fully equipped operating rooms and a dedicated treatment room, we provide the resources to support precise and efficient care.
• Advanced Specialties: Our cutting-edge technology empowers surgeons to perform a wide range of procedures, including Cosmetic Surgery, ENT, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Oral Surgery, Orthopedics, Pain Management, Podiatry, and Spine Surgery.
  
  

Join us at Bristol Ambulatory Surgery Center and embark on a career where your skills, passion, and commitment will thrive. Together, let’s continue to set the standard of excellence in outpatient surgical care!

Certified Surgical Tech at Bristol Ambulatory Surgery Center:

• Anticipates the needs of the surgical team.
• Establishes and maintains sterile field during surgical procedures in the operating room.
  
  

Qualifications

Education:

• High School Diploma/GED; completion of a Scrub Technician Program. Certification preferable.
  
  

Licensure/Certification:

• Prior verifiable experience as a scrub technician on the OR setting prior to 2009 Or Certification in OR Technology as a (C-SA or C-ST).
  
  

Current BLS certification

Required Experience:

• Two years’ experience as a Scrub Tech in multiple specialties or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Able to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• General familiarity with medical terminology as it pertains to anatomy and surgical procedures for an operating room.
  
  

Principal Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures sterility of all supplies and instruments during set up of surgical procedures.
• Assists circulating nurse and surgical team in maintaining sterile environment.
• Assists circulating nurse in gathering necessary surgical supplies and equipment.
• Is responsible for doing sponge, needle, and instrument count pre-operatively and intra-operative with the circulating nurse.
• Gowns and gloves surgeons and assistants.
• Assists in keeping physician preference cards accurate/updated.
• Retains all specimens to be sent to pathology, confirming source/name of specimen with surgeon.
• Transports all surgical equipment to appropriate cleaning areas. Assists in sterile supply with cleaning and reprocessing of instrument sets.
• Interacts appropriately and effectively with all patients/others regardless of age or ethnic background.
• Uses Standard Universal Precautions, appropriate hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, and safe practices to ensure personal safety and a safe environment.
• Assists with environmental hazard and infection control surveillance and participates in emergency preparedness drills.
• Follows all equipment and safety guidelines and is responsible for knowledgeable use and care of equipment.
• Serves as a resource to other members of the health care team.
• Attends in services, conferences, and meetings as required.
• Communicates effectively and courteously with visitors, physicians, and their office staffs, patients, and employees. Maintains patient, physician, and employee privacy and confidentiality per policy.
• Maintains designated certifications such as CPR, as offered by the center.
• Acts in accordance with the vision, mission, and business philosophy of the Center.
• Complies with Policies and Procedures, and adheres to safety guidelines to ensure a safe work and patient care environment.
  
  

What We Offer:

As an organization, one way we care for our communities and each other is by providing a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• Life and AD&D coverage
• Availability of short- and long-term disability
• Flexible financial benefits including FSAs and HSAs
• 401(k) and access to retirement planning
• Paid holidays and vacation
  
  

Who We Are:

At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.

USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.