Position Summary

The Certified Surgical Technologist/LVN Surgical Technologist and the Surgical

Technologist assist in the nursing care and preparation of surgical patients in the

Outpatient and Main Operating Room. He/she functions as a member of the

sterile team in donning gown and gloves, creating and maintaining a sterile field

and issuing instruments to surgeons utilizing AORN standards of care.

Qualifications

  • Education:

Current Surgical Technologist Certification or eligible upon hire or transfer

to the department. Surgical Technologist I and II must obtain Certified

Surgical Technologist (CST) certification within six (6) months of hire or

transfer to position. Surgical Technologists who were employed before

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September 1, 2009, may remain employed as surgical technologists

without meeting the certification requirement.

  • Training and Experience:
  • Current Basic Life Support (BL)S Certification through the American

Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or transfer to department.

  • Complete the following competencies within three (3) months of

Hire Or Transfer To Department

  • Aseptic technique
  • Gowning and gloving
  • Surgical hand scrub
  • Surgical case preparation
  • Sterile case set-up
  • Surgical draping
  • Intraoperative actions
  • Postoperative actions
  • ST and CST levels are based off of a point system designed in the

career ladder.

  • Basic DaVinci Robotic Surgery proficiency-within one (1) year for

new hires; within two(2) years of signing job description for tenured

staff.

Unusual Physical Demands And Working Conditions

  • Ability to perform:
  • Heavy lifting
  • Sustained standing and walking
  • Work under stress
  • Varied work hours and shifts
  • Comply with Call Schedule
  • May encounter exposure to infectious diseases

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