Atlantic Health System·Summit, New Jersey
The Surgical Technologist is responsible for maintaining a sterile environment and preparing all necessary instruments and supplies for surgical procedures. They assist surgeons by anticipating needs and ensuring the safety and accuracy of counts for sponges and instruments.
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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.
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.
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.
Named one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, a World’s Best Hospital by Newsweek and recognized as a Best Regional Hospital in the NY Metro area by U.S. News & World Report.
Our Atlantic Neuroscience Institute is the region’s leader in neuroscience care.
A hub for the New Jersey Stroke Network, we offer a broad range of advanced neurological, neurosurgical and neurodiagnostic services.
We are also certified as a Level IV Epilepsy Center and home to the Gerald J.
Glasser Brain Tumor Center, where more brain tumor surgeries are performed than anywhere else in New Jersey.
Our CyberKnife® program is the largest and most experienced in the state.
We also have a satellite emergency department in Union, NJ, which treats about 40,000 emergency cases each year.
Committed to providing exceptional care, Overlook Medical Center has achieved the prestigious Magnet® recognition. This designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center is the highest national honor for nursing excellence. What’s more, Overlook Medical Center has advanced certification from The Joint Commission for perinatal care and is designated an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center. Additional Joint Commission-certified services include behavioral health care, spine surgery, wound care, and primary care medical home (PCMH).
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 and certification through NCCT or NBSTSA, with BLS certification also mandatory. An associate degree in Surgical Technology and 1-2 years of hospital experience are preferred.
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