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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…