Travel Certified Surgical Technologist - $2,100 per week at Hackensack Meridian Health - 727 North Beers Street
Holmdel, NJ 07733
About the Job
- The Surgical Tech I is responsible for cleaning and handling instruments following standard policies while maintaining updated records.
- Follows policy in standardization of set-ups and utilization of surgeon preference.
- Assumes responsibility for the care and proper handling of instruments by neatly organizing all instrumentation before returning to decontamination room and returning all clean supplies to designated areas.
- Maintains count of sponges, needles, instruments and administrates and labels medications all accordingly to established policy.
- Handles specimens according to O.R. Policy and Procedures.
- Controls contamination and provides for decontamination, disinfections, sterilization and sanitation of instruments and equipment.
- Removes used equipment and properly disposes of contaminated needles and syringes at end of procedures.
- Participates in team conference to plan care and evaluates effectiveness of patient care and assists circulator in revising plan of care.
- Maintains ST skills proficiency checklist up to date by checking off equipment and cases, circulating or scrub when rotated through specialty areas.
- Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.).
- Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.
Job Details
- Lifts a minimum of 50 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 400 lbs. and stands a minimum of the length of the shift.
Job Requirements
- Preferred Certification/Licensing: Professional certification by the AST
Additional Details