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Surgical Technologist - Operating Room WEST
UNC Health, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 27601
Surgical Technologist - Operating Room WEST
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UNC Rex Incentive Program
This position qualifies for our UNC Rex Surgical Technologist Commitment Incentive Program. Option 1: $10,000 spread over a two‑year period paid in three equal payments after the teammate’s six‑month, twelve‑month, and twenty‑four‑month work‑through dates. Option 2: $15,000 spread over a three‑year period paid in three equal payments after the teammate’s twelve‑month, twenty‑four‑month, and thirty‑six‑month work‑through dates. Learn more at UNC Health REX Surgical Tech Incentive Program.
Summary The Surgical Technologist I works under the supervision of a surgeon and registered nurse to facilitate a safe operating room environment, ensuring equipment functions properly and procedures are conducted under conditions that maximize patient safety. Surgical technologists possess expertise in sterile and aseptic technique and combine knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures, and implementation tools and technologies to facilitate a physician’s performance of invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
Responsibilities
Performs technical skill duties in all operating room specialty service areas, ensuring that proper technical practices are employed according to accepted standards of process.
Provides proper maintenance, assembly, handling, and sterilization techniques of specialty instrumentation.
Follows aseptic technique, proactively identifies contamination and/or breaks in aseptic technique and implements corrective actions.
Performs surgical counts, follows policies and procedures for incorrect counts and reports discrepancies appropriately.
Labels drugs and solutions; monitors quantities used.
Assists in the proper identification, preparation, handling, and labeling of surgical specimens.
Actively participates in the planning and set up of instruments, supplies, and surgical drapes in an organized manner to provide optimal accessibility during the procedure.
Assists the surgeon, demonstrating an understanding of the patient’s anatomy and abnormalities which affect the surgical procedure.
Assists in picking cases and planning of instrument needs.
Recognizes and modifies scrubbing procedures based on pertinent information to develop modifications to standard approaches to care and communicates with the surgical team. Responds to surgical emergencies and follows hospitalwide emergency management plans.
Inventories, receives, and stores supplies under the direction of Surgical Services leadership.
Identifies and reports defective instruments, supplies, and equipment. Assists with restocking operating/procedure rooms and sub‑sterile areas.
Assists the registered nurse during the intraoperative implementation phase of nursing practice.
Operates complex equipment and other resources in the operating room, troubleshooting as necessary.
Serves as a mentor for Surgical Technician Trainees and will serve as a preceptor as needed.
Education Requirements
None required as long as other position qualifications are met.
Licensure/Certification Requirements
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.
Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technology or Nursing Program; or Graduate of a Military Training Program in Surgical Technology; or Formal education/training may be substituted for individuals with 3+ years of prior experience as a surgical tech.
Professional Experience Requirements
0–3 years.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements
Successful completion of service specific portion of the UNC Health Surgical Technologist competencies.
Strong communication skills/customer service relations.
Excellent organizational/priority setting skill.
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: UNC REX Healthcare
Organization Unit: OR West
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Salary Range: $23.01 – $33.07 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh
Exempt From Overtime: No
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or apply for a career opportunity.
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Surgical Technologist - Operating Room WEST
role at
UNC Health .
UNC Rex Incentive Program
This position qualifies for our UNC Rex Surgical Technologist Commitment Incentive Program. Option 1: $10,000 spread over a two‑year period paid in three equal payments after the teammate’s six‑month, twelve‑month, and twenty‑four‑month work‑through dates. Option 2: $15,000 spread over a three‑year period paid in three equal payments after the teammate’s twelve‑month, twenty‑four‑month, and thirty‑six‑month work‑through dates. Learn more at UNC Health REX Surgical Tech Incentive Program.
Summary The Surgical Technologist I works under the supervision of a surgeon and registered nurse to facilitate a safe operating room environment, ensuring equipment functions properly and procedures are conducted under conditions that maximize patient safety. Surgical technologists possess expertise in sterile and aseptic technique and combine knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures, and implementation tools and technologies to facilitate a physician’s performance of invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
Responsibilities
Performs technical skill duties in all operating room specialty service areas, ensuring that proper technical practices are employed according to accepted standards of process.
Provides proper maintenance, assembly, handling, and sterilization techniques of specialty instrumentation.
Follows aseptic technique, proactively identifies contamination and/or breaks in aseptic technique and implements corrective actions.
Performs surgical counts, follows policies and procedures for incorrect counts and reports discrepancies appropriately.
Labels drugs and solutions; monitors quantities used.
Assists in the proper identification, preparation, handling, and labeling of surgical specimens.
Actively participates in the planning and set up of instruments, supplies, and surgical drapes in an organized manner to provide optimal accessibility during the procedure.
Assists the surgeon, demonstrating an understanding of the patient’s anatomy and abnormalities which affect the surgical procedure.
Assists in picking cases and planning of instrument needs.
Recognizes and modifies scrubbing procedures based on pertinent information to develop modifications to standard approaches to care and communicates with the surgical team. Responds to surgical emergencies and follows hospitalwide emergency management plans.
Inventories, receives, and stores supplies under the direction of Surgical Services leadership.
Identifies and reports defective instruments, supplies, and equipment. Assists with restocking operating/procedure rooms and sub‑sterile areas.
Assists the registered nurse during the intraoperative implementation phase of nursing practice.
Operates complex equipment and other resources in the operating room, troubleshooting as necessary.
Serves as a mentor for Surgical Technician Trainees and will serve as a preceptor as needed.
Education Requirements
None required as long as other position qualifications are met.
Licensure/Certification Requirements
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.
Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technology or Nursing Program; or Graduate of a Military Training Program in Surgical Technology; or Formal education/training may be substituted for individuals with 3+ years of prior experience as a surgical tech.
Professional Experience Requirements
0–3 years.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements
Successful completion of service specific portion of the UNC Health Surgical Technologist competencies.
Strong communication skills/customer service relations.
Excellent organizational/priority setting skill.
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: UNC REX Healthcare
Organization Unit: OR West
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Salary Range: $23.01 – $33.07 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh
Exempt From Overtime: No
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or apply for a career opportunity.
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