Atlantic Health System·Newton, New Jersey
Assists nursing personnel and surgical teams by maintaining a sterile field and preparing instruments for procedures. Responsible for gathering supplies based on surgeon preference cards and ensuring the operating room is cleaned and restocked.
Responsible for assisting nursing personnel in giving quality care to patients in the operating room.
Performs duties and responsibilities of a scrub person under the direction of a registered professional nurse.
Assists in obtaining supplies, equipment and opening of operating and other rooms, as necessary.
Breaks down setup and prepares instruments for sterilization.
Helps transfer patients to the recovery room and cleans and restocks the operating room.
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Checks and gathers all instruments for each case in assigned room with use of surgeon's preference card.
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Checks sterility tapes, dates, and integrity of wrappers.
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Opens sterile supplies for assigned cases, maintains a sterile field, and takes immediate action to correct any breaks in technique.
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Performs surgical scrub techniques and gown and glove procedures for self and surgical team.
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Arranges instruments, basins, sutures, and software in a precise manner for accurate count after the completion of surgical procedures.
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Assists circulating nurses with counts of all sponges, cottonoids, needles, vessels loops, umbilical tape, penrose drains, and other devices and instruments.
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Uses all devices and instruments appropriately and performs the standard draping technique.
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Passes instruments to surgical team in a safe and efficient manner.
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Performs other related duties as assigned.
We have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group.
We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:
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.
Atlantic Health rated LEVEL 9 - 2025 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired.
Since 1932, Newton Medical Center has been providing care to the people of Sussex and warren counties in New Jersey, Pike County in Pennsylvania and southern Orange County in New York. We are home to the Center for Breast Health, the only one of its kind in Sussex County, addressing all of a woman’s breast health needs with state-of-the-art technology, resources, education, support and follow-up care. Newton Medical Center recently achieved the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Pathway to Excellence designation and is one of a select few health care facilities in New Jersey accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in all three echocardiography procedures: adult transthoracic, adult transesophogeal and adult stress.
Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted:
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Atlantic Health, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.
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.
Requires a high school diploma, completion of an accredited Surgical Technologist Program, and certification through NCCT or NBSTSA. BLS certification is required, and 1-2 years of hospital experience is preferred.
Market context
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