Surgical Tech en My Houston Surgeons

Position Overview 

The Certified Surgical Scrub Technician (CST) is a member of the surgical staff specializing in supporting and anticipating the needs of each surgeon. They must have the necessary knowledge to understand and react quickly in an operating room. Certified Scrub Tech’s are responsible for preparing, organizing, cleaning, sterilizing, and maintaining a sterile environment in the operating room. The CST is responsible for supporting and maintaining the surgical practice by upholding established policies, procedures, objectives, quality improvement, and safety. 

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

1. The Surgical Technician has the responsibility to carry out duties as directed by My Houston Surgeons.  
2. Communicates on a regular basis with the designated My Houston Surgeons Supervisor(s) and team. 
3. Follows and always maintains patient confidentiality appropriate with HIPAA compliance standards.
4. Assists surgeons and other medical professionals in office operating room (OR), office procedure room, and clinical rooms to include applying sutures, staples, clips, or other materials; insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems; gowning and gloving; clamps. Ligates, or cauterizes blood vessels to control bleeding. 
5. Prepares OR, office procedure room, and clinic rooms as needed for pending surgical procedures. 
6. Participates in positioning of patients. 
7. Ensures unobstructed operative field is maintained 
8. Ensures all personnel in OR, office procedure room, and clinical rooms are appropriately gowned and gloved for procedure being conducted. 
9. Always maintains sterile operative field. 
10. Consults and coordinates with health care team to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care before, during, and after surgery. 
11. Alerts supervisor and seeks assistance when an activity or process change within the clinic changes or deviates from the current process. 
12. Attends training sessions as needed to increase knowledge base and skill level. 
13. Cleans and turns over the office operating room after surgical procedures
14. Ensures that stock levels for the operating room, pre-operating area, and post-anesthesia care unit, and at appropriate par and orders as needed. 
15. Communicates with Purchasing Coordinator as needed. 
16. Participates in cleaning and appropriate care of procedure devices. 
17. Attends to inventory levels, equipment needs/repairs, and coordinates with contracted services on an as needed basis.
18. Ensures that all instruments utilized in OR are appropriately cleaned, sterilized, and available for use. 
19. Properly disposes of contaminated supplies. 
20. Participates in annual competency training sessions as designated by My Houston Surgeons supervisor(s)
21. Other duties as assigned by My Houston Surgeons supervisors and physicians. 

Secondary Job Duties & Responsibilities 

1. Assists with maintaining AAAASF certification for the office OR’s
2. Assists with the facilitation of inspection of office OR equipment on an annual basis.
3. Administrative tasks to include filing, scanning, shredding, faxing, copying, mailing, data entry, etc. as needed. 

Education/

Qualifications/

Experience

Any combination of education and experience that would demonstrate a high level of proficiency and advanced understanding of healthcare operations. 

• Current licensure as a CST is preferred, not required
• 1+ years of related surgical experience preferred
• BLS and/or ACLS required 
• Nextech Software experience is desired

Core Competencies

While performing the duties of this job, a scrub technician may be required: 

• To stand and walk for long periods of time
• To sit at a desk on a computer for long periods of time 
• Occasionally will be required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl

In addition to the duties/responsibilities, the following competencies are also desired: 

• Excellent interpersonal skills to include maintaining confidentiality/discretion, exhibiting objectivity and openness to other’s views
• Excellent critical thinking, judgement, and decision-making skills 
• Customer service orientation and social perceptiveness are a must 
• Attention to detail is an absolute necessity; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness while looking for ways to improve & promote quality 
• Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written) with all team members to include listening, obtaining clarification, and responding appropriately to questions
• Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships to promote a team environment 
• Ability to work independently with speed and accuracy 
• Always maintain professional appearance and performance 
• Treats everyone with respect; upholds integrity, ethics, and organizational values 
• Dependable and punctual to work; ensuring work responsibilities are covered when absent. 

Cooperative, positive, courteous, and professional behavior and conduct is an essential function of every position. All employees must be able to work with others beyond giving and receiving instructions. This includes getting along with coworkers, peers, and management without exhibiting behavior extremes. Job functions may require personal leadership skills such as conflict resolution, negotiating, instructing, persuading, speaking with others as well as responding appropriately to job performance feedback from the Supervisor(s). Additionally, the information contained in this job description has been designated to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this position.