Surgical Technologist III - Cardiovascular Operating Room

Description

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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.

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Our CVOR schedule is Monday through Friday, 0600–1630, withcall 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 III 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. Competent to perform surgical scrub duties across multiple services. Must function as a subject matter expert (SME), PI project, or another unit project when needed. Call is required to ensure emergent patient needs are met.

Responsibilities:

1. Performs all the duties and responsibilities of Level II plus the following:

2. Provides leadership at unit level to correct safety/clinical quality deficiencies. Leads/implements changes at the unit level.

3. Assists in the development of policies, procedures, and protocols at the department level

4. Performs technical skill duties in all operating room specialty service areas, ensuring that proper technical practices are employed according to accepted standards of process.

5. Provides proper maintenance, assembly, handling, and sterilization techniques of specialty instrumentation. Facilitates efficient room turnovers.

6. Demonstrates knowledge and proper handling of surgical implants related to surgical specialty focus area.

7. Demonstrates advanced knowledge and practice of aseptic and surgical technique. Proactively identifies contamination and/or breaks in aseptic technique and implements corrective actions.

8. Performs surgical counts. Follows policies and procedures for incorrect counts and reports discrepancies appropriately.

9. Assists in the proper identification, preparation, handling, and labeling of surgical specimens. Labels drugs and solutions; monitors quantities used.

10. 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 in picking cases and planning of instrument needs.

11. Assists the surgeon, demonstrating an understanding of the patient’s anatomy and abnormalities which affect the surgical procedure. Assists the registered nurse during the intraoperative implementation phase of nursing practice.

12. 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.

13. Inventories, receives, and stores supplies under the direction of leadership. Identifies and reports defective instruments, supplies, and equipment. Assists with restocking operating/procedure rooms and sub-sterile areas. Coaches team to anticipate resources.

14. Mentors Surgical Tech peers in collaboration with leadership and educator. Serves as primary preceptor for new hires, on the job trainees, and to scrub role for CVOR. Participates in teaching, guiding, and evaluating the performance of peers during orientation and…