Job Summary
Surgical Technician/Operating Room Technician — Orthopedics and Spine. The surgical technician supports orthopedic, spine, podiatry, and general operating room procedures in a 40-hour weekly assignment. Responsibilities include maintaining aseptic technique, preparing and processing instruments, assisting with surgical equipment, and supporting patient safety protocols.
Job Details
- Schedule: Day shifts, 10 hours per shift, 40 hours per week. Call coverage includes three weeknight shifts from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and three weekend call shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. during each six-week schedule.
- Required Qualifications:
- At least 1 year of general operating room experience.
- Washington surgical technician license.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Experience with spine, orthopedics, podiatry, and general operating room procedures.
- Additional Information:
- May support adolescents, adults, pediatric patients, and geriatric patients.
- May perform or assist with ambulatory operating room procedures, ankle fusion, arthroscopy, bunionectomy, fracture reduction, laminectomy and discectomy, lumbar fusion, spinal fusion, total hip replacement, and total knee replacement.
- Proficiency with surgical scopes, fiber-optic equipment, drills, electrosurgical units, fiber-optic light sources, the Mako surgical system, instrument processing, sterilization and disinfection, specimen handling, sharps safety, isolation precautions, and universal time-out procedures is expected.
- May float to the main operating room or nearby affiliated facilities as operational needs require.
- Must commit to working three of the following five holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day.
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
