Job Summary:
Operating Room Technologist, Open Heart Specialty, located in Ohio. This position involves assisting the surgical team in various tasks within the operating room, including sterile setup, passing instruments, patient preparation, and room cleanup. The role requires collaboration with healthcare professionals to ensure safe and efficient surgical procedures.
Job Details:
- Position Description: Perform a variety of tasks in an operating room that assist the surgical team. Arrange sterile setup for surgical procedures; pass instruments, sponge and suture to surgeons and surgical assistants; prepare sterile supplies; assist in cleanup of the operating room; check placement and operation of equipment; and check and restock operating room.
- Responsibilities:
- Before an operation, help to prepare the operating room by setting up surgical instruments and equipment, sterile drapes, and sterile solutions. Assemble both sterile and non-sterile equipment. Adjust and check equipment to ensure it is working properly.
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving, and ensuring aseptic incision sites. May transport patients to the operating room, help position them on the operating table, and cover them with sterile surgical drapes.
- Assist the surgical team with putting on sterile gowns and gloves.
- During surgery, efficiently pass instruments and other sterile supplies to surgeons and surgeon assistants.
- Hold retractors or instruments, cut sutures, sponge or suction the operative site under the supervision of the surgeon and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
- Assist in the preparation, care for, and disposal of specimens taken for laboratory analysis and helps apply dressings.
- Ensure all medications are labeled and handed to surgeon according to established policies and procedures. Access to medications is limited to the distribution of the medication to the nurse.
- After surgery, may help transfer patients to the recovery room. Clean and restock the operating room.
- Ensure a clean, safe environment through continued alertness to safety and explosive hazards and aseptic technique.
- Required Qualifications:
- Certification or training from a nationally recognized program, military training, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum two years of experience as a surgical technologist in a healthcare facility.
- Licenses and Certifications such as Basic Life Support (BLS), Certified Surgical Technologists (CST), or Tech in Surgery-Certified (TSC).
- PA Act 31, PA Act 33, PA Act 34, PA Act 73 certifications.
- Education: Completion of a recognized surgical technology program or equivalent.
- Location Requirement: Ohio
- Experience: Minimum two years of relevant surgical technologist experience.
- No minimum years of experience is required beyond the two-year experience stipulated.
- Schedule: Days shift, 10-hour shifts, minimum of 40 hours per week.
- Additional Information:
- Performs in accordance with UPMC competencies/behaviors.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
