Job Summary
Surgical Technician, Operating Room Technician, Madison, WI. The Surgical Technician supports safe and efficient surgical care across operating room procedures involving ear, nose, and throat; ophthalmology; plastics; oral; and neurosurgical specialties. Responsibilities include preparing the operating room, assisting the surgical team, maintaining instruments and supplies, and supporting patients across adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations.
Job Details
- Schedule: Day shifts are 12 hours, with a minimum of 36 hours per week; shift times may vary based on operational needs, with weekday, weekend, and possible holiday call responsibilities.
- Required Qualifications: Two years of surgical technologist experience; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) certification; completion of a surgical technologist program or two years of surgical technologist experience; Trauma Level II experience; proficiency with aseptic technique, specimen handling, electrosurgical units, endoscopic procedures, ophthalmic procedures, plastics procedures, trauma cases, and operating room equipment.
- Preferred Qualifications: Community hospital experience and Trauma Level I experience.
- Additional Information:
- Prepares the operating room, promotes patient safety, assists the surgeon, and maintains instruments and supplies throughout procedures.
- Supports procedures involving ophthalmology, plastics, ear, nose, and throat, oral, and neurosurgical specialties.
- Relevant procedures include vitrectomy, open globe repair, abdominoplasty, flap reconstruction, sinus surgery, radical neck dissection, tracheostomy, septoplasty, cochlear implantation, craniotomy, direct laryngoscopy, facial fracture repair, and tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.
- Required skills include care of scopes and fiber-optic equipment, cell saver operation, crash cart use, laser safety, radiation safety, isolation precautions, free-flap procedures, laparoscopic-assisted cases, and specimen handling.
- Influenza vaccination is required; medical and religious exemptions are accepted.
- A pre-start telemetry examination is required, with defined adult and pediatric cardiac rhythm criteria and a passing score of 80% or higher. Two attempts are permitted, with additional cardiac interpretation review required if the second attempt is unsuccessful.
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
