Certified Scrub/Surgical Tech - Main OR
On-siteMadison, Tennessee, United States
Job Summary
Plan, implement, and evaluate surgical patient care while creating and maintaining a sterile field using aseptic principles. Anticipate and provide equipment and supplies in a timely manner, perform medication and solution counts, and manage OR environment controls including temperature, humidity, and traffic patterns. Collaborate with the surgical team to coordinate care, return equipment to proper places, and prepare rooms for subsequent cases. Respond to on-call requirements within thirty minutes and demonstrate the ability to work under pressure while lifting and turning patients up to 250 lbs. Requires prolonged standing for up to twelve hours daily and the ability to push or pull objects up to 175 lbs.
Required Qualifications
- High school graduate
- Must respond to the hospital within thirty minutes for on call requirements
- Previous scrub tech experience or graduate of scrub tech school
- Earned a Surgical Technology diploma or degree from a college or university or has 18 months experience prior to July 1, 2006
- Current certification through NBSTSA or equivalent, within 6 months of employment
- The ability to work well under pressure
- The ability to function dependently and independently
- The ability to be flexible in applying basic nursing knowledge to a variety of setting
- Equipment for the following surgical specialties: general, AEM; genitourinary, lithotripsy; ophthalmologic/Phacoemulsification/I&A; plastic; orthopedic/Andrews table/total joint replacement/Captain's Chair/ spinal fixation cases; ENT; obstetric/gynecologic; vascular; oral; Amsco Flash Autoclave; Network computer system, Omnicell Medication System, AT&T Language Line
- Requires the ability to communicate in English orally and in writing
- Requires prolonged standing and working for up to twelve hours a day
- Constantly required to push/pull objects up to 175 lbs
- Requires the ability to lift and turn patients with assistance up to 250 lbs
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