Certified Surgical Tech​/Certified First Assist

Position Summary

• Communicates effectively with a wide range of age groups, ethic, educational, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Displays effective organizational skills, with ability to prioritize accurately and quickly. Illustrates computer skills within service provided.
• Maintains clinical and professional competency levels required of age‑specific populations, to include all aspects of surgical technology in the perioperative care process.
• The Surgical Technologist is not permitted to perform activities of a first assistant, which include independent tissue manipulation and/or handling, cutting, ligating, and/or dissecting tissue, providing hemostasis, and/or suturing.

• Physical/working conditions:
  Able to access entire facility: lift, transport patients, supplies and equipment.
• Demonstrates manual dexterity, hearing acuity, and verbal ability.
• Displays ability for standing long periods of time, walking, lifting, bending, and stooping for much of the workday.
• Has efficient endurance to perform tasks over long periods of time.
• Involves exposure to blood/body fluids, hazardous materials and communicable diseases.
• Participates in creating a safety culture by always optimizing safety.
• Able to deal with frustration and stress appropriately.
• Able to communicate effectively and professionally with other staff, physicians and shift supervisor.
• Able to work weekends, holidays, and shift rotations as needed.
• Considered critical services during inclement weather and disasters.
• Available for call rotation as needed.

• Graduate of a nationally accredited educational program for surgical technology.
• OR Graduate of a training program for surgical technology in the United States Army, Navy, or Air Force.
• Obtain an accredited surgical technologist certification credential during the 12-month period that immediately follows the successful completion of a surgical technology program and maintain certification to maintain employment as a surgical technologist.
• BCLS.