PRIDE Health is seeking a travel Surgical Technician for a travel job in New York, New York.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Surgical Technician
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 37 hours per week
- Shift: 7 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Summary
A Surgical Technician is an individual with knowledge and expertise in operating room technology, who is responsible for assisting in the performance of routine and delegated functions under the direct supervision of a Registered Professional Nurse.
Responsible To: Clinical Director, Nursing/designee or attending physician or designee.
Responsible For: Assisting the Registered Professional Nurse by performing support activities in the operating room as assigned.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Perform scrub assignment according to established guidelines:
• Apply principles and practices of asepsis.
• Perform surgical scrub, gowning, and gloving procedure.
• Set up sterile instrument table and prepare supplies according to type of operation.
• Assist in draping of patient and operative area according to need.
• Assist and anticipate needs of surgeon for instruments, sutures, sponges, and supplies according to knowledge of procedural requirements and constant monitoring of progress.
• Observe patient and be ready for emergencies.
• Maintain correct count of sponges, needles, and instruments with the circulating nurse and report correctness of discrepancies according to established policy and procedure.
• Maintain and monitor aseptic technique at all times and institute corrective measures in the event of contamination.
• Assist in care, handling and disposition of specimen according to policy.
• Assist in application of dressings, and in securing drainage systems.
• Assist in moving patient using Perioperative Services approved transfer device.
• Discard soiled materials in appropriate receptacle, places approved instruments for reprocessing in the appropriate reprocessing bin; decontaminate all equipment, instruments, and reusable supplies and clean room as prescribed.
2. Assist the Registered Professional Nurse in performing circulating functions according to established guidelines.
• Assemble and make available all necessary supplies according to requirements of the patient and surgical procedure.
• Provide special equipment before, during, and after surgical procedure, as needed.
• Observe and protect patient by correct positioning, application of restraint, strict aseptic practice and maintenance of aseptic environment.
• Position patient; adjust table and accessories, as required for procedure. Follow OSHA and MSH P&P/guidelines by using appropriate PPE in the surgical suite.
• Prepare operative area and assist in draping as directed.
• Assist scrub nurse in maintenance of correct sponge, needle and instrument counts and report discrepancies to the surgical team and charge nurse.
• Complete operative count and related records accurately, legibly following established P&P.
• Observe personnel in the room continuously, control traffic, report and correct breaks in aseptic technique promptly.
• Maintain and care for all specimens as directed to prevent loss or damage.
• Assist in application of dressing, moving of patient and transfer to recovery room as directed.
• Assist in room clean-up and make preparations for next procedure.
3. Assist the nurse in preparing medications or solutions to be administered during surgery, within the following limitations:
• Mix medicated solution at the sterile field, only under the direct supervision of the Registered Professional Nurse dispensing the medication.
4. Label all medications that are not already labeled, for example medicines in syringes, cups and basins when Not for immediate patient use by the original preparer and/or if the medication is to be handed off to another provider for administration.
Pride Health Job ID . Pay package is based on 7 hour shifts and 37 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
About PRIDE Health
PRIDE Health is the minority-owned healthcare recruitment division of Pride Global-an integrated human capital solutions and advisory firm. With our robust and abundant travel nursing and allied health employment options across the U.S., PRIDE Health will allow you to help change the way the world lives and heals as it connects you with the industry's leading healthcare organizations.
Pride Global offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with preferred vendors.
Benefits
- Weekly pay
- Holiday Pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- 401k retirement plan
- Cancelation protection
- Referral bonus
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits