Surgical Technologist Assistant

## Description

Lincoln Surgical Hospital is an innovative healthcare leader in providing exceptional surgical services for our patients. Our dedicated physicians and staff strive to achieve optimal surgical outcomes in a patient-focused atmosphere. We are looking for exceptional people to provide extraordinary care as a Surgical Technologist Assistant.

**This position requires you to be a current student of an accredited Surgical Technology program.**

**Hours:** Part time - flexible and able to work with school schedule.

The Surgical Technologist Assistant is involved with assisting in the instrumentation and technical aspect of the operative event.

**Job duties include but are not limited to:**

• Assists in pulling required instrumentation, supplies, and equipment.
• Assists in the preparation of rooms with disinfectant, room turnover, and restocking.
• May participate in opening sterile supplies under the direction and supervision of the circulator and or scrub tech staff.
• Prepares work areas by draping, preparing, and testing equipment and organizing instrumentation.
• Scrubs, gowns, and gloves according to the procedure. Assists in gowning and gloving surgeons.
• Anticipates the need for instruments, ligatures, sponges, and irrigation, utilizing physician preference cards.
• Observes for breaks in sterile technique and calls attention to such, and moves easily within the limits of the sterile field.
• Keeps field clean and free of used sponges, suture ends, and instrumentation.
• Participates in surgical sponge, needle, sharps, and instrument counts as applicable.
• Demonstrates the correct use of surgical equipment and supplies.
• May hold retractors under the direction of the surgeon, but at no time will function independently as the only scrub technologist.
• May also act as a sterile processing technician.

## Requirements

• **Current student of an accredited Surgical Technology program.**
• **Current BLS certification required at time of hire.**