Job Summary
Surgical Technician/Operating Room Technician. The position supports surgical services by preparing supplies and equipment, maintaining sterile fields, assisting with procedures, and promoting safe, efficient patient care. The role also includes documentation, inventory activities, equipment checks, and collaboration with surgeons and healthcare professionals.
Job Details
- Schedule: Day shift, 8 hours per shift, 40 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications:
- High school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate.
- Graduation from an accredited surgical technology program or completion of military training as a scrub technician.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Surgical Technician Certification (TS-C, CST, or NRST).
- At least 1 year of recent relevant experience.
- Charting system experience.
- Additional Information:
- Assists with a variety of surgical procedures and prepares appropriate supplies, instruments, equipment, and patient draping.
- Establishes and maintains sterile fields while following aseptic technique, universal protocol, sterilization, disinfection, fire safety, laser safety, radiation safety, sharps safety, and specimen-handling procedures.
- Maintains clean, organized, and safe operating rooms before and after procedures.
- Performs documentation, supply inventory, equipment quality checks, and reporting of equipment malfunctions.
- Protects patient protected health information (PHI) and follows departmental, regulatory, and patient-safety standards.
- Call coverage is required approximately 4–5 days per month, including weekends.
- The department performs approximately 50–60 procedures daily and provides care for patients across neonatal, infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups.
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
