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Description

The Scrub Tech performs various duties as a member of the surgical team to ensure a safe and successful operative procedure. This position functions under the supervision of a Registered Nurse and directly reports to Surgical Services management.

It is expected that the Scrub Tech will support system-wide and surgical operations initiatives and practices. In addition, this person will actively participate in the surgical operations safety plan as outlined.

Surgical Technologist Job Responsibilities

• Serves as scrub person for basic surgical procedures and participates in complex surgical procedures as needed.
• Follows department procedures for scrub persons by assembling surgical packs, supplies, and instruments for surgical cases and preparing operating room for surgery.
• Inspects instruments and power equipment prior to use to assure operational order and troubleshoots, reports, and removes faulty instrument and equipment from service.
• Assures adequate amount of appropriate supplies and instrumentation are available in accordance with surgeon’s preference and counts all instruments, needles, and sponges with registered nurse according to procedure.
• Inventories and monitors instruments, sponges, and needles on operative field using department count procedures.
• Adjusts instrumentation and supplies to changes in procedures and patient condition.
• Assists with monitoring and reporting blood and fluid loss during cases.
• Ascertains correctness of count prior to closure of body cavities and surgical wound. Assist circulating nurse with restocking the room at end of shift.
• Anticipates surgeon’s needs and assists surgeon by draping patients, holding/passing instruments, retractors, sutures, and medications, applying surgical dressings, suctioning, and sponging surgical wounds, holding extremities, and moving patients.
• Recognizes and reports emergency situations.
• Adjusts priorities and participates in resolving problems as appropriate.
• Assists in identification, labeling, and proper specimen disposition using departmental procedures.
• Performs or assists in sterile preps as needed/requested by monitoring aseptic techniques of surgical team members at field, reporting and correcting breaks in sterile technique immediately, and controlling location of contaminated instruments and supplies.
• Maintains appropriate quantities of surgical supplies and equipment by restocking room with necessary equipment and supplies and apprises supervisor of special requests for surgical supplies and equipment.
• Assists with decontamination of all equipment, instruments, and supplies as necessary and assists with cleaning rooms, furniture, and equipment according to established procedures.