Job Description

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Job Title

Certified Surgical Technician

Location

Vero Beach

Facility

Indian River Hospital

Department

Ancillary Surgery-Indian River Hospital

Job Code

000927

Shift

Days + Call

Schedule

6:00am-6:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

*This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $7,000*

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.

As a Surgical Technician, you will provide quality individualized patient care in the perioperative, intraoperative and post-operative phases of the patients' experience. You will provide peer education, maintenance of the sterile field, advocacy, efficient provision of resources, maintenance of supply inventory, enforcement of standards and integration and coordination of care across the surgical setting. You will also follow guidelines for perioperative practices as established by AORN. Surgery would not be possible if it were not for Surgical Technicians.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who would like to grow their experience in the OR. This role can lead you down the path to other roles within the OR as well as becoming a lead tech, sterile processing technician or start your career in nursing.

A caregiver in this position works days from 6:00AM – 6:30PM, with on-call requirements.

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.
• Coordinate with RN Circulator to ensure that required equipment and supplies are available prior to patient entry.
• 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:

• Graduate of a Surgical Technology Program, accredited through Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Program (CAAHEP) or Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)
• OR completion of a military surgical technology program
• OR Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) through the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) or Certified Tech in Surgery (TS-C) through the National Center for Competency Training (NCCT)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

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

Physical Requirements:

• 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.

Personal Protective Equipment:

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

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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