Certified Surgical Technologist

Job Description

Responsible for assisting nursing personnel in giving quality care to patients in the operating room & maternity unit. 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.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Checks and gathers all instruments for each case in assigned room with use of surgeon's preference card.
• Checks sterility tapes, dates, and integrity of wrappers.
• Opens sterile supplies for assigned cases, maintains a sterile field, and takes immediate action to correct any breaks in technique.
• Performs surgical scrub techniques and gown and glove procedures for self and surgical team.
• Arranges instruments, basins, sutures, and software in a precise manner for accurate count after the completion of surgical procedures.
• Assists circulating nurses with counts of all sponges, cottonoids, needles, vessels loops, umbilical tape, penrose drains, and other devices and instruments.
• Uses all devices and instruments appropriately and performs the standard draping technique.
• Passes instruments to surgical team in a safe and efficient manner.

9. Direct patient care:
Assists with ADLs, hygiene, mobility, toileting, and emotional support. Supports nursing personnel in providing direct patient care.

10. Assists patients with daily activities. Measures and records daily weights. Discontinues foley catheters. Measures and records vital signs, I&Os, and monitors patient condition.

11. Performs EKG's, phlebotomy and blood glucose monitoring.

12. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of an accredited Surgical Technologist Program.
• 3-5 years of experience as a Scrub Tech in a Hospital Setting.
• BLS required

Preferred:

• Associate's degree in Surgical Technology or related field.

At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation.

Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Centra State Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Medical Group
• Atlantic Visiting Nurse
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

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  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 Health grades in 2026.
• Named by Becker's Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare – 2026.
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