Surgical Technologist PD

SUMMARY:

Functions as a member of the Surgical Team to provide a safe and therapeutic environment for the Surgical patient and to assist the surgeon. Provides care for patients of all ages, including infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

Instill Trust and Value Differences
Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Functions in the surgical scrub role:

• Demonstrates knowledge and expertise in instrumentation and materials, such as sutures.
• Demonstrates proper preparation and passing of needles, sutures, surgical drains, medications and hemostatic agents.
• Assists the surgeon as necessary, anticipating needs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of surgical field set-up, including knowledge of instruments and equipment.

Assists with the optimum utilization of resources, including OR time by:

• Using physician preference cards
• Anticipating needs of the team
• Using the proper resource person
• Selecting equipment and supplies in an organized and timely manner
• Uses supplies in a cost-effective manner

Demonstrates knowledge of AORN standards of asepsis, including but not limited to:

• Surgical scrubbing, donning of gowns and gloves
• Creating and maintaining surgical field(s).
• Attentiveness to contamination possibilities, responding appropriately when it occurs

Demonstrates knowledge of Retained Surgical Items/Surgical Counts protocol.

Demonstrates competency in preparing and utilizing equipment including, but not limited to:

• OR tables
• Harmonic scalpel
• Lasers
• Suction devices
• Hydrothermablation machines
• Tourniquets
• Generators
• All powered instruments
• Drills
• Saws
• Maintains a safe environment for patients, physicians, and other surgical services staff.
• Assists in safely moving patients to and from the operating table.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the proper procedure for the breakdown of the sterile field and preparation of instruments for decontamination and return to Central Supply and Processing.
• Maintains a positive, professional relationship with peers, patients, patient families/care-givers and other colleagues.
• Maintains current BLS certification.
• Participates in lifelong learning through continuing education.
• Participates in community activities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

BASIC KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:

• High School Diploma or GED is required

Completion of at least one of the following options is required:

• Graduate of an accredited surgical technologist program, or
• Graduate of a surgical technologist associate degree program, or
• Current certification as a CST, or
• Current NCCT-TC (tech in surgery) certification (for applicants with past military experience only; military experience as a surgical technologist will be strongly considered), or
• 3 years of experience within the past 5 years as a surgical technologist
• Successful completion of a Brown University Health on-the-job surgical technologist training program

Current BLS Certification is required upon hire

Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

None.