Surgical Technologist, Operating Room (Ground Floor)

Overview

Northside Hospital is award-winning state-of-the-art and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

Core Duties :

• Provides care and / or service to patients undergoing surgical intervention without regard to age race or gender.
• Assists the surgical team before during and after procedures.
• Reviewing supplies and equipment
• Setting up surgical equipment
• Preparing patients for surgery
• Positioning the patient
• Completing surgical skin preps
• Draping sterile field
• Maintaining sterile techniques recognizing breaks in technique and takes steps to regain sterility.
• Organizing and passing instruments supplies equipment medication and solutions
• Ensuring management of the surgical specimen
• Performing appropriate surgical counts with circulating nurse.
• May serve in the first or second scrub role
• Cleaning the operating rooms in preparation for subsequent surgical procedures.
• Transporting patients or specimens as necessary.
• Transporting clean and dirty equipment and supplies.
• Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Immediately reports any mechanical or electrical equipment malfunctions unsafe conditions or employee / patient / visitor injury accident to supervisor.
• When Assigned to the Expeditor Role :

Completes case cart with all supplies and instruments required for scheduled cases at least 30 minutes prior to subsequent scheduled case start.

Labor and Delivery :

Turnover Tech :

Specialty-Specific Duties Ophthalmology :

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Qualifications

OR

Five (5) years of full-time employment within the last seven (7) years in an Operating Room setting working as a Surgical Technologist

PREFERRED

Work Hours :

10 : 45AM-7 : 15PM x2; 6 : 45AM-7 : 15PM x2

Weekend Requirements :

No

Key Skills

Culinary Experience,Restaurant Experience,Succession Planning,Customer Service,Hospitality Experience,Guest Relations Experience,Management Experience,Serving Experience,Shift Management,Computer Literacy,Restaurant Management,Stocking

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1