Job description
Winona Health Services
Operating Room
Certified Surgical Technician or RN Scrub
0.9 FTE, 72 hrs per pay period
Hours: 6:45am-3:15pm with late stay
Call Rotation: 1-2 days/week, weekend, and holiday rotation.
Call Response Time: 20 minutes
The Certified Surgical Technologist is a health care professional who provides specific services
in the Surgery Department under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN). The CST is active
in the patient care process and collaborates with the RN to deliver quality and safe health care.
The CST has an understanding of the surgery environment and patient care process. Provides
care while meeting physical, psychological, social, spiritual and educational needs of the patient
and family. The CST collaborates with the RN to modify the plan of care based on the needs of
the patient and reports changes in the patient’s condition to the RN.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Keeps updated on current patient care practice, medications and legal issues.
- Follows best practice recommendations including but not limited to AORN, AST,
Perioperative Guidelines and organization wide policies and procedures. Works closely with
the surgeon while recognizing surgeon preferences and preference card details.
- In coordination with the RN, assembles the necessary instruments, supplies and equipment
for the surgical procedure. Checks that all equipment is functioning properly before use.
Notifies RN of defects, removes defective equipment from the patient care area, labels and
documents defect and need for repair in order to maintain a safe environment.
- Practices safe site surgery techniques including but not limited to time out standard work and
stops the line when safety issues or concerns with patient care occur.
- Performs sponge, needle and instrument counts with the RN in accordance to
policy/procedure.
- Consults with the RN to make revisions to surgeon preference cards.
- Demonstrates an understanding of surgical procedures. Applies knowledge to set up cases
by pre-operative scrubbing, gowning, gloving, instrumentation, sutures, assisting surgeons
with gowning and gloving, draping patients and/or assisting surgeon with draping; intraoperative coordinating and passing of instrumentation and being alert to the needs of the
surgeon, post-operative drape removal from patient, removal of contaminated instruments
and transport to the decontamination room for processing, safe disposal of all sharps and
proper disposal of trash and linen.
- Is constantly vigilant to the safety needs of the patient and takes necessary precautions as
warranted.
- Follows recommended infection control/prevention procedures.
- Follows department specific policies, procedures, standard work and assists in updating the
standard work content as needed.
- Has an understanding of the procedure being performed and anticipates the needs of the
surgeon.
- Has the necessary knowledge and ability to ensure quality patient care during the
operative procedure and is constantly on vigil for maintenance of the sterile field.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- High school/GED/equivalent.
- Graduate of an accredited surgical technologist program.
- Certified as a Surgical Technologist by the National Board of Surgical Technology and/or
Association of Surgical Technologists.
- Has completed training on all equipment used in the
department.
- Verbalizes role in codes. Basic computer skills. Patient information database (Cerner, EMR,
American Data).
- BLS.
Work Environment:
This is a fast paced clinical environment with multitasking, prioritizing and frequent
interruptions. Continuous communication is required with staff, volunteers and the general
public. Multi-tasking ability required due to the wide variety of assigned duties.
Required Work Schedule:
Generally 0645-1515. Hours may vary depending on the needs of the department. Caregiver
must be willing to work scheduled hours, overtime, and/or reduce hours as needed. Must be able
to take call with a 20 minute response time. Call Rotation: 1-2 days/week, weekend, and holiday
rotation.
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