Surgical Tech Certified - United Medical Park Ambulatory Surgery Center

Overview

Today, SCA Health has grown to 11,000 teammates who care for 1 million patients each year and support physician specialists holistically in many aspects of patient care. Together, our teammates create value in specialty care by aligning physicians, health plans and health systems around a common goal: delivering on the quadruple aim of high-quality outcomes and a better experience for patients and providers, all at a lower total cost of care.

As part of Optum, we participate in an integrated care delivery system that enables us to support our partners as they navigate a complex healthcare environment, Only SCA Health has a dynamic group of physician-driven, specialty care businesses that allows us to customize solutions, no matter the need or challenge:

• We help physicians address everything beyond surgical procedures, including anesthesia and ancillary service lines.
• We lead the industry in value-based payment solutions through our Global 1 bundled payment convener, that provides easy predictable billing to patients.
• We connect patients to physicians in new and differentiated ways as part of Optum and with our new Specialty Management Solutions business.
• We have pioneered a physician-led, multi-site model of practice solutions that restores physician agency by aligning incentives to support growth and transition to value-based care.

The new SCA Health represents who we are today and where we are going—and the growing career opportunities for YOU.

Responsibilities

We are actively hiring for an Surgical Technologist Certified.

• Maintain required competencies.
• Promote the mission, vision, and values of SCA.
• Participate in quality review and performance improvement projects.
• Maintaining a fire safe environment.
• Provide hand-off report to other teammates that are accurate, concise and pertinent to the patient’s condition and response to care.
• Actively participate in team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
• Providing instruments and supplies to the surgical team during the procedure.
• Assist with post procedure cleaning of the operative or other invasive procedure room and preparation of room for subsequent patients.
• Preparing and organizing sterile supplies and instruments for the procedure.
• Comply with all SCA and facility policies and procedures, regulatory and accreditation standards and professional guidelines when providing patient care.
• Providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice.
• Assembling supplies and equipment required for the procedure.
• Performing interventions to maintain the patient’s wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels.
• Function as a scrub person during operative and other invasive procedures by
• Use problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster effective work relationships.
• Complying with Universal Protocol and facility site validation and time-out policy.
• Practicing and monitoring aseptic technique.
• Evaluate the patient’s progress toward attaining outcomes.
• Adhering to standard precautions including the use of personal protective equipment.
• Performing interventions to protect the patient from surgical site infection.
• Document episode of care accurately, timely, completely, and legibly.
• Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning perioperative patient care.
• Act as a patient advocate and main privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information.
• Participate in the performance appraisal process.
• Protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources.
• Pursue professional growth.
• Maintain radiation safety at all times in accordance with facility policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate fiscal responsibility.
• Demonstrating safe operating of equipment and machinery and follows procedures for reporting and correcting an unsafe situation.
• Performing accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items.
• Handling specimens according to facility policy and procedures.
• Speaking up with safety concerns acting as the patient’s advocate.
• Clean and prepare surgical instruments for processing and transport them to the decontamination areas.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.
• Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration skills with members of the perioperative team and other stakeholders.
• Protecting the patient’s rights, dignity, and privacy.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or equivalent.
• Current Surgical Technologist certification preferred.
• Graduate of a recognized and accredited Surgical Technologist Program.
• Prior Experience as a Surgical Technologist preferred.
• Successful completion of BCLS Course within 90 days of employment or documentation of current BCLS certification.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Corrected vision and hearing to within normal range
• Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 lbs
• Physically demanding, high-stress environment
• Exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, radiation, and repetitive motions
• Hand eye coordination
• Standing and walking for extensive periods of time
• Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients and equipment
• Working irregular hours
• Manual and finger dexterity
• Pushing and pulling heavy objects