Atlanta Healthcare, LLC
Certified Surgical Technician
Atlanta Healthcare, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383
Atlanta Healthcare is seeking a Surgical Technologist for a job in the Atlanta METRO, Georgia Area(s).
Seeking dynamic Surgical Technologist with 2 years or more experience in scrubbing surgical cases in a freestanding outpatient setting.
Surgical Technologist Job Responsibilities:
Serves as scrub person for basic surgical procedures and participates in complex surgical procedures as needed.
Follows department procedures for scrub persons by assembling surgical packs, supplies and instruments for surgical cases and preparing operating room for surgery.
Inspects instruments and power equipment prior to use to assure operational order and troubleshoots, reports, and removes faulty instrument and equipment from service.
Assures adequate amount of appropriate supplies and instrumentation are available in accordance with surgeon’s preference and counts all instruments, needles, and sponges with registered nurse according to procedure.
Inventories and monitors instruments, sponges and needles on operative field using department count procedures.
Adjusts instrumentation and supplies to changes in procedures and patient condition.
Assists with monitoring and reporting blood and fluid loss during cases.
Ascertains correctness of count prior to closure of body cavities and surgical wound; assists circulating nurse with restocking the room at end of shift.
Anticipates surgeon’s needs and assists surgeon by draping patients, holding/passing instruments, retractors, sutures, and medications, applying surgical dressings, suctioning and sponging surgical wounds, holding extremities, and moving patients.
Recognizes and reports emergency situations.
Adjusts priorities and participates in resolving problems as appropriate.
Assists in identification, labeling and proper specimen disposition using departmental procedures.
Performs or assists in sterile preps as needed/requested by monitoring aseptic techniques of surgical team members at field, reporting and correcting breaks in sterile technique immediately, and controlling location of contaminated instruments and supplies.
Maintains appropriate quantities of surgical supplies and equipment by restocking room with necessary equipment and supplies and apprises supervisor of special requests for surgical supplies and equipment.
Assists with decontamination of all equipment, instruments, and supplies as necessary and assists with cleaning rooms, furniture, and equipment according to established procedures.
Surgical Technologist Qualifications / Skills:
Use of medical technologies
Creating a safe, effective environment
Surgical technology
Analyzing information
Performing diagnostic procedures
Technical understanding
Informing others
People skills
Dependability
Quality focus
Planning
Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:
Associate’s degree in surgical technology from accredited school or two (2) years of experience in a directly related area
Valid state Surgical Technologist license
Certification is voluntary but highly recommended for surgical technicians. The National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) offers the Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) credential.
Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification
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Seeking dynamic Surgical Technologist with 2 years or more experience in scrubbing surgical cases in a freestanding outpatient setting.
Surgical Technologist Job Responsibilities:
Serves as scrub person for basic surgical procedures and participates in complex surgical procedures as needed.
Follows department procedures for scrub persons by assembling surgical packs, supplies and instruments for surgical cases and preparing operating room for surgery.
Inspects instruments and power equipment prior to use to assure operational order and troubleshoots, reports, and removes faulty instrument and equipment from service.
Assures adequate amount of appropriate supplies and instrumentation are available in accordance with surgeon’s preference and counts all instruments, needles, and sponges with registered nurse according to procedure.
Inventories and monitors instruments, sponges and needles on operative field using department count procedures.
Adjusts instrumentation and supplies to changes in procedures and patient condition.
Assists with monitoring and reporting blood and fluid loss during cases.
Ascertains correctness of count prior to closure of body cavities and surgical wound; assists circulating nurse with restocking the room at end of shift.
Anticipates surgeon’s needs and assists surgeon by draping patients, holding/passing instruments, retractors, sutures, and medications, applying surgical dressings, suctioning and sponging surgical wounds, holding extremities, and moving patients.
Recognizes and reports emergency situations.
Adjusts priorities and participates in resolving problems as appropriate.
Assists in identification, labeling and proper specimen disposition using departmental procedures.
Performs or assists in sterile preps as needed/requested by monitoring aseptic techniques of surgical team members at field, reporting and correcting breaks in sterile technique immediately, and controlling location of contaminated instruments and supplies.
Maintains appropriate quantities of surgical supplies and equipment by restocking room with necessary equipment and supplies and apprises supervisor of special requests for surgical supplies and equipment.
Assists with decontamination of all equipment, instruments, and supplies as necessary and assists with cleaning rooms, furniture, and equipment according to established procedures.
Surgical Technologist Qualifications / Skills:
Use of medical technologies
Creating a safe, effective environment
Surgical technology
Analyzing information
Performing diagnostic procedures
Technical understanding
Informing others
People skills
Dependability
Quality focus
Planning
Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:
Associate’s degree in surgical technology from accredited school or two (2) years of experience in a directly related area
Valid state Surgical Technologist license
Certification is voluntary but highly recommended for surgical technicians. The National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) offers the Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) credential.
Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification
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