Surgical Tech - Operating Room
We are seeking a skilled and experienced full-time Surgical Technician to join our perioperative team. In this role, you will work under the guidance of registered nurses and the supervision of the Lead Tech, SPD/Endoscopy Supervisor, Charge RN, Nurse Manager, and Director. Your primary responsibilities include preparing and maintaining a sterile surgical field, providing appropriate instrumentation and supplies for surgical and endoscopic procedures, and ensuring patient safety through adherence to aseptic techniques and universal precautions. You will also play a key role in facilitating effective communication with patients, physicians, nursing staff, and other hospital departments. The ideal candidate will have comprehensive knowledge of operative procedures, including draping, instrumentation, suturing, and supply management, as well as expertise in sterilization processes, hand antisepsis, sharps handling, and compliance with AORN and AAMI standards.
Requirements:
Graduated of an accredited Surg Tech program; or Hospital Sponsored Training Program; or Minimum of 1 year of Surg Tech Experience in a Hospital Setting
BCLS required within 90 days of hire
1 year of Experience Required
Certified Endoscopy Technician required within 1 year of hire
Prior Endoscopy Experience; Certified OR Technician; or Certified SPD Technician preferred
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.
Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.
Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.
Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.
Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
