CAMPBELL CLINIC PC·Germantown, Tennessee
Responsible for maintaining the sterile field and managing instruments, supplies, and equipment within the Operating Room. Duties include preparing for surgical cases, assisting the OR team with patient positioning, and ensuring proper cleaning and transport of surgical tools.
This is a full-time position, working 40 hours per week.
The Surgical Technologist is responsible for the daily activities and operations inside the Operating Room when handling sterile instruments, supplies, and equipment while also maintaining a sterile field following professional standards during operating procedures. The Surgical Technologist must have knowledge of orthopaedic procedures and the ability to ensure quality patient care. The Surgical Technologist is also responsible for ensuring they are properly prepared for case assignments (i.e., sterile supplies and equipment).
Supervisory responsibilities: Not Applicable
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED); Must have a current and active CST certification or must demonstrate education/training through one of the following. 1 year of surgical experience is required.
1) Completion of a CAAHEP-accredited program in surgical technology and completion of 15 hours of continuing education annually; or
2) Completion of an appropriate training program for surgical technologists in the U.S. Army, Navy, or Air Force and completion of 15 hours of continuing education annually, OR Any person who is grandfathered and demonstrates completion of 15 hours of continuing education annually or earns and maintains CST certification.
1) Any person who provides sufficient evidence that, prior to May 21, 2007, the person was at any time employed as a surgical technologist for not less than eighteen (18) months in the three years preceding May 21, 2007; or
2) Any person who furnishes proof of completion of a surgical technology program that was in the process of becoming CAAHEP-accredited on July 1, 2006; or
3) Any surgical technologist who began a surgical technology program prior to May 21, 2007, and completed such training by May 21, 2010; 1 year of surgical experience required. Basic knowledge of surgical technique, including surgical care preparation and Operating Room sterile field set-up and break down, is required. Knowledge of methods and procedures for contamination control. Knowledge of surgical instruments, equipment, and supplies preferred.
• All Surgical Technologists must complete fifteen (15) hours of continuing education or contact hours annually to remain qualified for employment and are required to submit verification of completion to the Nurse Educator each year.
In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
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