Certified Surgical Technologist

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform job in accordance with Company Mission, vision, and goals.
• Assists in bringing patients to pre-op, recovery and transporting for discharge.
• Assists patients with medical forms, as necessary.
• Exercise confidentiality in all areas, abiding by HIPAA rules and regulations.
• Accurately completes applicable paperwork; ensuring patient medical records are complete. Prepares all forms and requisitions as instructed by the provider.
• Creates and maintains a positive atmosphere of customer service, teamwork, mutual respect, professionalism and accountability.
• Verifies patient information by interviewing patient; recording medical history; confirming purpose of visit, and confirming patient ID.
• Sets up the sterile field on the Mayo stand with instruments, supplies, medications and equipment needed for procedures.
• Performs initial instrument, sharps and sponge counts with the circulator.
• Ensures team members, patient and procedure suite are maintaining sterile field.
• Assists physicians with surgical scrubs and personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Prepares and anticipates additional instrumentation, equipment and supplies for usage during the procedure. Anticipates the needs of the surgeon by passing instruments and supplies to surgeon during procedure
• Maintains and improves current skills and knowledge by attending all relevant meetings, classes, trainings and by keeping certifications current.
• Measures, passes and holds medications, hemostatic agents, instruments and irrigation solutions utilized during the surgical procedure.
• Performs surgical support tasks as directed by the surgeon.
• Coordinates the camera or changes out robotic arms/instruments during endoscopic surgery as directed by the surgeon.
• Adheres to Infection Control, Safety and OSHA standards as specified by State, and Company standards.
• Maintains knowledge of, and complies with State, Company and any other applicable policies and procedures.
• Participates in patient verification during the time out procedure adhering to all federal, state and nursing regulations and protocols.
  • Immediately prior to the start of any procedure in the procedure room, initiate/participates in a time-out and ensures correct patient, procedure, site and side, and that there are no additional concerns.
  • Identifies every patient with two identifiers: full name and date of birth
  • Documents this information in the Procedure Safety Checklist, including the time of the time-out
• Performs additional counts, as necessary. Prepares sterile dressings and/or immobilization devices.
• Sterilizes and cleans instruments used in examinations and/or procedures; maintains clean and hygienic environment.
• Operates, sterilizes, and maintains necessary equipment, including but not limited to the autoclave, RFA machine, etc.
• Monitors the comfort of the patient and provides verbal and tactile reassurance to the patient.
• Assists with positioning the patient, using appropriate equipment and anatomical principles to avoid patient injury.
• Applies the electrosurgical grounding pad.
• Positions and prepares the patient for the procedures, establishes the sterile field, and drapes the patient for the procedures.
• Secures dressings after incision closure.
• Performs daily, weekly and monthly safety and equipment checks.
• Reviews of upcoming cases daily and notifies nursing supervisor of any potential issues.
• Works closely with leadership to ensure proper inventory is available for scheduled procedures by communicating needs and/or ordering supplies.
• Sterilizes and breaks down procedure room after each patient and ensures procedure room is cleaned prior to the beginning of a procedure.
• Precepts, mentors, and trains new procedure room staff, to include, room set up, aseptic technique, and sterile processing. Assist with annual competency assessments.
• Serve as a role model for professionalism and teamwork.
• Assists the physician with use of the C-Arm, as directed.
• Accurately completes and maintains all applicable records and logs (i.e.: radiation, spore testing, equipment, medical records, etc.).
• Checks and responds to work e-mail on a regular basis throughout the workday.
• Participate in and complete all required trainings and in-services.
• Participates in regulatory (AAAHC/JCAHO) readiness activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications: