Operating Room Technician
Golden, CO
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Surgery Tech

Location: Golden, Colorado Employment type: Clinical, non-nursing Contract length: 13 weeks Schedule: 3 x 12-hour day shifts (0645-1915), Monday-Friday, 36 hours per week, no set day off. Weekend call and holiday shifts are required.

Role Summary

• Works as a member of the surgical team to ensure a safe and successful operative procedure.
• Functions under the supervision of a Registered Nurse and reports to Surgical Services management.
• Supports system-wide and surgical operations initiatives and participates in the surgical operations safety plan.

Responsibilities

• Maintains accountability for ensuring the operating room and all surgical items meet sterilization criteria.
• Maintains the sterile field, ensures a safe environment, and addresses sharps and fire safety processes.
• Prepares the operating room and instruments, and assists the surgeon(s) within ORT scope of practice.
• Responds to emergency situations, using judgment when implementing emergency procedures.
• Assists with room turnover, cleaning, and preparation for the next procedure. May assist with sterile processing.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Surgical Technologist license in Colorado
• 2 years of Surgical Technologist experience
• Surgical Technologist experience within the last year
• Experience in a hospital setting
• Experience in supervisory roles
• Ability to scrub
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association
• NBSTSA Certified Surgical Technologist
• Completion of an operating room technician (surgical technology) program, or graduation from a non-accredited surgical tech program within the past six months, or two years of scrub tech experience in hospital or military surgical services within the last three years