Surgical Tech - CPT

Overview

Provides assistive patient care in the Operating Room under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse. This position serves the following patient age categories: pediatrics, adolescent, adult, and geriatric. Level II is a Certified Surgical Technologist who has met all of Level II criteria, demonstrates leadership abilities, and is involved in staff education and committee’s: acting as a liaison between all members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Considered a campus resource (constantly seeks out opportunity for improvement-service specific).

• 1. Assists with Surgical Process.
• 2. Demonstrates table set-ups and scrub techniques for complex procedures in and out of specialty.
• 3. Anticipates specific instruments, checks equipment, and obtains supplies for upcoming schedule.
• 4. Maintains asepsis throughout procedure; identifies and corrects breaks in technique.
• 5. Demonstrates and educates principles of anatomy and physiology as related to basic and complex procedures.
• 6. Demonstrates and educates safety practices as related to counts, sharps, positioning, specimens, and Electrical Surgical Units & Plan education for peer group.
• 7. Contributes to unit operations. Identifies and makes changes to preference lists.
• 8. Recognizes and actively participates in quality assurance and improvement activities.
• 9. Willingness to go to other specialties to broaden knowledge base.
• 10. Records peer group competencies.
• 11. Demonstrates professional accountability. Plans and teaches campus specific specialty competencies.
• 12. Coaches’ surgical team on the importance of universal precautions. Monitors, coaches, and holds others accountable to the dress code.
• 13. Holds peers accountable to departmental objectives.
• 14. Completes mandatory requirements to include obtaining 20 CEUs a year.
• 15. Planning and Implementation of patient care.
• 16. Observes patient, alerts surgical team to symptoms, reactions, and changes in patient condition, and coaches others to recognize status changes.
• 17. Assists the RN with selected patient care interventions in a manner that is consistent with policies and procedures and offering coaching to new members of the surgical team.
• 18. Consults physicians and acts upon needs/requirements preoperatively and postoperatively within scope of practice.
• 19. Completes assigned task and without prompting, seeks other departmental needs.
• 20. Educates peer group.

• The following qualifications, or equivalents, are the minimum requirements necessary to perform the essential functions of this position.
  
  Education/formal training/licensure/certification experience:
• 1. Graduate of a nationally accredited educational program for surgical technology OR
• 2. Graduate of a training program for surgical technology in the United States Army, Navy, or Air Force.
  
  And
• 3. Certified Surgical Technologist current and maintains Certification throughout employment.
• 4. Minimum 2 years OR experience preferred.
• 5. BCLS