Surgical Technologist II - Cardiovascular Operating Room
UNC Health · Holly Springs, North Carolina · Posted Jun 27, 2026
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Description
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Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
Are you an experienced Surgical Technologist looking to specialize in Heart and Vascular surgery? The UNC Rex Heart and Vascular Operating Room may be the perfect fit for you. Our CVOR features five dedicated operating rooms for heart and vascular cases, and we performed over 1,400 cardiovascular surgeries last year.
Our CVOR offers an in-depth orientation for new hires, and we are proud of our highly skilled surgeons and perioperative team who deliver excellent, comprehensive, state-of-the-art care to every patient.
The CVOR Surgical Technologist is an integral member of the surgical team, responsible for maintaining a sterile field, anticipating surgeon needs, and assisting with instruments, supplies, and equipment throughout cardiovascular procedures. Surgical technologists collaborate closely with surgeons, nurses, and anesthesia providers to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality patient care in the operative setting.
Become part of UNC Rex, a five-time Magnet–designated hospital for nursing excellence, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.
Our CVOR schedule is Monday through Friday, 0600–1630, with call requirements for evenings, nights, and weekends.
Experience:
- Minimum 1 year as a Surgical Technologist required
- CVOR experience strongly preferred, including cardiac (CABG, valves, TAVR, ECMO, Impella) and vascular procedures (EVAR, TCAR)
Summary:
The Surgical Technologist II – CVOR to provides support for surgical and interventional cardiac and/or vascular cases, facilitating the safe and effective conduct of invasive surgical procedures, ensuring that the operating room environment is safe, that equipment functions properly, and that the operative procedure is conducted under conditions that maximize patient safety. Surgical technologists possess expertise in the theory and application of sterile and aseptic technique and combine the knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures, and implementation tools and technologies to facilitate a physician's performance of invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. Performs surgical scrub duties across multiple services. Serves as a resource in at least one service line. Call is required to ensure emergent patient needs are met.
Responsibilities:
1.Performs technical skill duties in all operating room specialty service areas, ensuring that proper technical practices are employed according to accepted standards of process.
2.Provides proper maintenance, assembly, handling, and sterilization techniques of specialty instrumentation.
3.Follows aseptic technique. Proactively identifies contamination and/or breaks in aseptic technique and implements corrective actions.
4.Performs surgical counts. Follows policies and procedures for incorrect counts and reports discrepancies appropriately.
5.Establishes and maintains sterile field and assures team maintains sterile environment independently. Labels drugs and solutions; monitors quantities used.
6.Assists in the proper identification, preparation, handling, and labeling of surgical specimens.
7.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.
8.Assists the surgeon, demonstrating an understanding of the patient’s anatomy and abnormalities which affect the surgical procedure.
9.Assists team members to place and position patient on table.
10.Reviews Physician preference lists, checks supplies, and instruments required for each surgical procedure. Demonstrates appropriate and correct case preparation. Assists in picking cases and planning of instrument needs. Corrects deficiencies at the case level.
11.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 hospital wide emergency management plans.
12. Inventories, receives, and stores supplies under the direction of Surgical Services leadership.
13. Serves as role model for new hires, on the job trainees, and other identified teammates. Serves as a mentor for Surgical Tech peers and participates in teaching, guiding, and evaluating the performance of peers during orientation and annual review process.
14. Identifies and reports defective instruments, supplies, and equipment. Assists with restocking operating/procedure rooms and sub-sterile areas.
15. Assists the registered nurse during the intraoperative implementation phase of nursing practice.
16. Participates in data collection for research projects under the direction of an RN.
17. Operates compl…