Surgical Technologist
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
days
Sign-On Bonus

Surgical Technologist 1, NS31 Labor & Delivery

The Department of Nursing at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time TH Surgical Technologist 1, NS31 Labor & Delivery. Teaching Hospital Surgical Technologists act as a scrubbed or sterile member of the surgical team who provide instruments and equipment to the surgeon during operations. Incumbents identify and plan the proper instrumentation and implementation for operative procedures; ensure proper sterile and aseptic techniques within the surgical environment; and assist the surgical team by setting up and passing sterile instruments and equipment. The Surgical Technologist 1, under the direction of a Surgical Technologist 2, or a Registered Nurse will: * Assist the Registered Nurse and surgeon in identifying, gathering, and preparing medical instrumentation and specialty equipment for surgical procedures. * Assist surgical team with the setting up and passing of sterile instruments during surgical procedures. * Ensure the proper handling of instruments, sponges, sutures, implants, surgical supplies, and specimens in a manner that ensures asepsis and patient safety. * Prepare the sterile field and assists in preparing the operative site and draping the patient. * Transport patients to and from operating room and performs preoperative shave preps. * Assist in the preparation and aftercare of equipment and supplies. * Clean unsanitary instruments, checks for defective items, and assembles instruments correctly in a container or tray, and wraps and labels instruments appropriately. * Test the operation and efficiency of equipment and reports problems to the Registered Nurse. * Collect and transport required operative set-up to surgical room. * Assist in cleaning and restocking rooms according to established standards. * Assist in taking inventory of equipment and supplies for specialty areas. Required Qualifications: * Successful completion of a nationally accredited surgical technologist education program and current surgical technologist certification by a nationally accredited surgical technologist credentialing organization. * Applicants may be employed during the 12 month period immediately following the completion of a nationally accredited surgical technologist education program while pending the receipt of certification by a nationally accredited surgical technologist credentialing organization. * OR completion of an appropriate training program in surgical technology in the United States Armed Forces or United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * OR possession of a license and current registration as a Licensed Practical Nurse in New York State. Preferred Qualifications: Work Schedule: Days Variable, 8:00AM-4:00PM (Full-Time) Salary Grade/Rank: SG-09 Salary Range: As per civil service guidelines * Hiring Rate: $40,193 Base Salary plus $3,087 Location Pay (Full-Time 1.0FTE) Executive Order: Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at [email protected]. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws. Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encou