Certified Surgical Technologist (FT) - Newton - Atlantic Health System

Atlantic Health System is seeking an experienced Certified Surgical Tech to work in our Operating Room Unit at Newton Medical Center. 

The position is full time with varied 12 hour shifts and every other weekend as required by the dept.

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.

 

 

Since 1932, Newton Medical Center has been providing care to the people of Sussex and warren counties in New Jersey, Pike County in Pennsylvania and southern Orange County in New York. We are home to the Center for Breast Health, the only one of its kind in Sussex County, addressing all of a woman’s breast health needs with state-of-the-art technology, resources, education, support and follow-up care. Newton Medical Center recently achieved the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Pathway to Excellence designation and is one of a select few health care facilities in New Jersey accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in all three echocardiography procedures: adult transthoracic, adult transesophogeal and adult stress.Our hospitals are staffed by fellowship-trained, board-certified surgeons, anesthesiology specialists, nurses, care managers and other health care professionals who provide the most progressive surgical methods using the latest technology. This includes minimally invasive surgery programs that result in shorter hospital stays and faster recoveries. In addition, Morristown Medical Center is home to and a state-of-the-art bio skills simulation laboratory that is accredited by the American College of Surgeons for additional staff training.