Certified Surgical Technologist - Full-Time - Days - 7a-5p - Operating Room - Atlantic Health O

Job Description

1. Applies principles and practices of asepsis; performs surgical scrub, gowning, and gloving procedure.
2. Assembles all necessary supplies according to requirements of the patient and the surgical procedure.
3. Sets up sterile instrument table and prepares supplies according to type of operation. Assists in draping of patient and operative area according to need.
4. Assists and anticipates needs of surgeon for instruments, sutures, sponges, and supplies according to knowledge of procedural requirements and constant monitoring of progress.
5. Maintains correct count of sponges, needles, and instruments with circulating nurse and report correctness of discrepancies according to established policy and procedure.
6. Maintains and monitors aseptic technique at all times and institute corrective measures in the event of contamination.
7. Assists in care, handling and disposition of specimen according to policy.
8. Inspects instruments, trays and packages to ensure sterility and completeness and with no evidence of bioburden. Ensures proper functioning of instruments before use.
9. Correctly receives and labels solutions and medications on the sterile field. Verifies all solutions and medications with RN team member.
10. Participates in Universal Protocol;
Sign in, Time out and sign out per policy.
11. Participates in Fire Risk Assessment. Ensures fire safety measures are met and communicated.
12. Demonstrates and understands use of all equipment in the patient care areas. Communicates malfunctioning equipment or instruments immediately and requests equipment be removed and sequestered appropriately until further investigation.
13. Maintains sharps safety measures in handling, transfer and disposal. Direct all team members in safe handling measures within the sterile field.
14. Maintains organized sterile back table. Follows point of use instrument cleaning standards. Use pre-cleansing solution on all instruments before delivering to SPD decontamination area.
15. Assists with cleanup in OR as necessary.
16. Maintains safety measures at all times.
17. Maintains a good professional working relationship with all team members.
18. Maintains professional and technical knowledge through continuing education and organization and unit mandates. Achieves and maintained professional ST certification as required.
19. Contributes to team efforts and high quality, safe patient outcomes through collaboration with peers, supervisors, surgeons, and anesthesiologists. Promoting all PRIDE values.
20. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education/Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent required. Associate's degree in Surgical Technology or related field.
• Completion of an accredited Surgical Technologist Program preferred.
• Certification through NCCT or NBSTSA required
• 1-2 years of experience as a Scrub Tech in a Hospital Setting preferred.
• BLS required

• Surgical hand scrub
• Gowning and Gloving
• Setting up a sterile field
• Safe patient transfer

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.
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