Surgical Technician

Overview

Surgical Technician - Certified
Newport News, VA
Pay From: $24 per hour

• Performs patient care duties delegated by registered nurse related to patient personal needs, comfort and safety.
• Scrubs for surgical procedures and demonstrates competence, while functioning as member of surgical team.
• Prepares and maintains supplies, instruments and equipment related to surgical intervention.
• Assists surgical team before, during, and after surgery as a 1st and 2nd scrub.
• Arranges surgical equipment and instruments in operating room according to instructions, assists moving and positioning patients, holds, hands and assists with instruments during surgery, counts surgical materials.
• Washes and sterilizes equipment after operations.
• Central processing of cleaning and sterilizing instruments, assembles supplies and equipment as prescribed.
• Works under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse and/or the surgeon.
• Basic knowledge of surgical technologist duties and responsibilities and of processing and sterilization of instrumentation.

• 2 plus years of experience as a Surgical Technician
• 2 plus years of experience working in the Operating Room
• Must be certified as a Surgical Technician
• Virginia Surgical Technician license
• Graduate of an accredited school of surgical technology
• Active BLS certification
• Experience with removing and placing suture, assisting in suction, and/or holding retractors (highly preferred)

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