Cleveland Clinic·Vero Beach, Florida
Assist surgeons and nurses during operative procedures by maintaining a sterile field and passing instruments. Responsible for preparing sterile tables, performing counts, and ensuring quality patient care throughout the perioperative phases.
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JOB CODE: 000926
Schedule: 6:00am-4:30pm
Job details: *This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $7,000*
Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best.
Cleveland Clinic Indian River has been recognized as one of the top regional hospitals in South Florida.
Indian River Hospital is in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast where it is committed to providing optimal family-centric and community-focused care.
At Indian River Hospital, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers.
You will work with state-of-the-art technology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
Surgical Technologists, sometimes called “scrub techs”, assist in surgical procedures under the supervision of surgeons and registered nurses and ensure quality patient care during the operative procedure and maintaining a sterile field. Surgical Technologists perform a variety of functions, such as checking supplies and equipment, setting up sterile tables, performing appropriate counts, draping the sterile field, passing instruments to the surgeon, assisting during the procedure, preparing sterile dressing and cleaning instruments for terminal sterilization. This is a great hands-on learning opportunity that will help you to advance your skill set and potentially move into other roles within the Operating Room.
00AM – 4:30PM, with on-call requirements.
Provide quality, individualized patient care in the perioperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases.
Follow guidelines for perioperative practices as established by AORN.
Maintain the sterile field.
Review daily assignments and ascertain surgeon-specific preferences and anesthesia.
Identify and prioritize individual patient care needs taking into consideration age, physiological, cultural and physical status.
Plan care based on contemplated procedure, standards of practice, admission assessment and MD preferences.
Assemble, check and open sterile packs, sutures and more.
Practice and assist others in maintaining aseptic technique and report and/or correct any breaks.
Comply with required standards for patient positioning, skin preparation, counting and side-site verification.
Remain with the sterile setup to assure maintenance of the sterile field.
Assist with draping the sterile field.
Prepare/edit surgeon's preference lists.
Communicate pertinent information during procedure and during personnel changes, including status of surgical procedure.
Collect specimens as directed by the surgeon and identify the origin of each specimen to the RN Circulator.
Assist surgeons and assistants with retraction and suction as directed.
Assure that all biohazard material is handled and disposed of properly using universal precautions.
Keep accurate counts of all sutures, sharps, soft goods and instruments.
Assist RN Circulator to ensure proper room utilization through decreased turnover time per CPT and scheduled procedural time review.
Assure that all instrumentation is returned to decontamination with proper documentation count sheets.
• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.
The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.
Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.
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Market context
Florida’s healthcare market often shows steady demand for Surgical Technologists in hospitals and ambulatory surgery settings, especially for candidates ready to support fast-paced operating room teams. This role is competitive because employers commonly prefer certification and recent acute care experience, so highlighting accredited training, BLS, and any OR exposure can strengthen your application. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save research time, then confirm the original posting for any facility-specific preferences before applying.
