Job Summary
Surgical Technician, Operating Room — Location information is not provided. This full-time position supports pre-operative patient care and surgical procedures by preparing the operating room, maintaining aseptic technique, assisting with patient positioning and transport, and handling surgical instruments and specimens. The role works under the direction of a professional nurse and collaborates with the surgical team to promote safe, effective patient care.
Job Details
- Schedule: Monday–Friday, 2:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.; 8-hour shifts, 40 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Completion of a surgical technology program or an accredited Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)/Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) program.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required through the American Heart Association (AHA).
- Certified Surgical Technologist certification or Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)/Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) licensure.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Two or more years of experience.
- Ability to scrub in at least three surgical specialties, such as transplant, open-heart, urology, neurology, titanium rib, or robotics procedures.
- Additional Information:
- Prepare patients’ skin for surgery and provide comfort while protecting patient privacy.
- Transport and position patients according to the surgical procedure.
- Prepare operating rooms, tables, instruments, and supplies for assigned cases.
- Establish and maintain the sterile field, pass instruments and sutures, and assist the physician as directed.
- Use physician preference cards when pulling cases and setting up the operating room, keeping cards current and complete.
- Identify and care for biological specimens.
- Maintain safe surgical environments through appropriate aseptic practices, traffic control, dress codes, sanitation, and universal barrier precautions.
- Demonstrate competency in the use, care, decontamination, processing, and sterilization of surgical instruments, supplies, and equipment.
- Adapt patient care to meet physical, psychosocial, cultural, age-specific, developmental, and population-specific needs.
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
