The surgical technologist prepares the sterile field, assembles necessary supplies, and assists surgeons by anticipating instrument and supply needs during procedures. They also maintain aseptic technique, manage instrument counts, and ensure the safety and organization of the operating room environment.
Requirements summary
Candidates must have a high school diploma and completion of an accredited surgical technologist program. Certification through NCCT or NBSTSA and BLS certification are required, with 1-2 years of hospital experience preferred.
Applies principles and practices of asepsis; performs surgical scrub, gowning, and gloving procedure.
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Assembles all necessary supplies according to requirements of the patient and the surgical procedure.
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Sets up sterile instrument table and prepares supplies according to type of operation.
Assists in draping of patient and operative area according to need.
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Assists and anticipates needs of surgeon for instruments, sutures, sponges, and supplies according to knowledge of procedural requirements and constant monitoring of progress.
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Maintains correct count of sponges, needles, and instruments with circulating nurse and report correctness of discrepancies according to established policy and procedure.
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Maintains and monitors aseptic technique at all times and institute corrective measures in the event of contamination.
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Assists in care, handling and disposition of specimen according to policy.
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Inspects instruments, trays and packages to ensure sterility and completeness and with no evidence of bioburden.
Ensures proper functioning of instruments before use.
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Correctly receives and labels solutions and medications on the sterile field.
Verifies all solutions and medications with RN team member.
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Participates in Universal Protocol; Sign in, Time out and sign out per policy.
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Participates in Fire Risk Assessment.
Ensures fire safety measures are met and communicated.
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Demonstrates and understands use of all equipment in the patient care areas.
Communicates malfunctioning equipment or instruments immediately and requests equipment be removed and sequestered appropriately until further investigation.
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Maintains sharps safety measures in handling, transfer and disposal.
Direct all team members in safe handling measures within the sterile field.
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Maintains organized sterile back table.
Benefits
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Medical insurance
Paid time off
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
Life insurance
Tuition assistance
Parental leave
Flexible spending accounts
Employee assistance program
Paid sick leave
Prescription coverage
Pet insurance
Fertility benefits
403(b) retirement plan
AD&D insurance
Auto insurance
Home insurance
Legal insurance
Adoption leave
Identity theft insurance
Commuter accounts
Backup and on-site childcare
Well-being rewards
Healthy pregnancy program
Surrogacy leave
Follows point of use instrument cleaning standards.
Use pre-cleansing solution on all instruments before delivering to SPD decontamination area.
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Assists with cleanup in OR as necessary.
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Maintains safety measures at all times.
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Maintains a good professional working relationship with all team members.
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Maintains professional and technical knowledge through continuing education and organization and unit mandates.
Achieves and maintained professional ST certification as required.
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Contributes to team efforts and high quality, safe patient outcomes through collaboration with peers, supervisors, surgeons, and anesthesiologists.
Promoting all PRIDE values.
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Performs other related duties as assigned.
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Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
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Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
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Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For."
Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Named by Newsweek as two of the “World’s Best Hospitals” in 2026.
Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Hospital rankings.
Atlantic Health scored four “A” grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and injections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.
Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals to be named among America's 50 Best hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
Named by Becker's Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare – 2026.
Atlantic Health Morristown, Atlantic Health Overlook, Atlantic Health Chilton and Atlantic Health Newton all Forbes Top Hospitals for 2026.
Named by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025.
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Morristown Medical Center is a nationally-recognized leader in cardiology and heart surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, geriatrics, gastroenterology and GI surgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urology.
We are the only hospital in New Jersey named one of America's '50 Best Hospitals' for six consecutive years by Healthgrades and one of the World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek. We were included on Becker's Healthcare 2020 list of "100 Great Hospitals in America". In addition, Leapfrog recognized us with an "A" hospital safety grade - its highest - twelve consecutive times, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded us again with its highest five-start rating in 2020.
Morristown Medical Center is a Magnet Hospital for Excellence in Nursing Service, the highest level of recognition achievable from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for facilities that provide acute care services. Our nonprofit hospital was also designated a Level I Regional Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons and a Level II by the State of NJ.
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Team Member Benefits
Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
Life & AD&D Insurance.
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance
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Note
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Our hospitals are staffed by fellowship-trained, board-certified surgeons, anesthesiology specialists, nurses, care managers and other health care professionals who provide the most progressive surgical methods using the latest technology. This includes minimally invasive surgery programs that result in shorter hospital stays and faster recoveries. In addition, Morristown Medical Center is home to and a state-of-the-art bio skills simulation laboratory that is accredited by the American College of Surgeons for additional staff training.
