Job Description

**$4000 sign on bonus being offered**

Busy multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center seeking full time certified surgical scrub tech. Position is Monday through Friday with no weekends or holidays. Candidate must be dependable and cooperative with physicians and other co-workers. Scope of service for this center includes orthopedics, GYN, ENT, general surgery, gastroenterology, pain management, and plastics.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: Other duties may be assigned:

1. Efficiently and effectively assists physician with operative procedures

Anticipates surgeon/physician’s needs both in preparing for procedures and during procedure

Demonstrates knowledge of specific responsibilities in all emergency situations.

2. Ensures sterility of all supplies and instruments during set up of surgical procedures.

3. Handles instruments in a manner which prolongs “life” of instrument.

4. Assists circulating nurse and surgical team in maintaining sterile environment.

5. Assists circulating nurse in gathering necessary surgical supplies and equipment. Is responsible for doing sponge, needle, and instrument count pre-operatively and intra-operative with the circulating nurse.

6. Gowns and gloves surgeons and assistants.

7. Assists in keeping physician preference cards accurate/updated.

8. Transports all surgical equipment to appropriate cleaning areas. Assists in sterile supply with cleaning and reprocessing of instrument sets.

Required Skills:
Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual shall be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Experience:
Education and/or Experience: High School Diploma / GED; completion of a Scrub Technician Certification Program.

4 years experience as a Scrub Tech in multiple specialties or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

CPR certification required.

Orthopedic (podiatry, sports ortho, total joints, hand/wrist) experience preferred

Physical demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that shall be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk, and hear. The employee shall regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and /or move up to 100 pounds.

USPI'S EDGE-(Every Day Giving Excellence) USPI'S EDGE is the key to the differentiation of USPI as a customer-focused company. The process of completing EDGE- requirements establishes processes and measurements that are collected, assimilated, and shared throughout USPI. All employees are involved with EDGE. The involvement can range from doing their jobs to taking on the role of gathering and/or entering data into the computer. All employees shall at some time during their employment be required to participate in the EDGE program. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Responsible for knowing the processes involved assuring the standards established by HIPAA, and ensuring they are followed including the practices and records relating to the use and disclosure of Protected Health Information.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold, and the risk of radiation.

The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, and the risk of electrical shock.

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