CVOR Certified Surgical Technologist
Florence, SC
Access Healthcare
5x8 hrs, Days

Certified Surgical Technician (CST) - South Carolina

Location: Florence, South Carolina
Employment Type: Long-Term Assignment (LTA)
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

• Maintain a professional image and excellent customer relations with patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers.
• Flexible, punctual, and willing to learn in the surgical environment.
• Work under surgeon supervision to facilitate safe and effective invasive and non-invasive surgical procedures.
• Ensure operating room safety, proper equipment function, and maximize patient safety during procedures.
• Prepare OR rooms, supplies, and equipment to support efficient perioperative processes.
• Maintain sterile instruments, sutures, and equipment necessary for surgical procedures with working knowledge of each device.
• Assist with patient positioning and prepping according to department and hospital standards.
• Perform initial and additional instrument, sharps, and sponge counts with the circulator.
• Assist with draping the patient and establishing the sterile field.
• Participate in surgical site and patient verification during time out procedures.
• Maintain sterile field to ensure patient and employee safety using highest standards of sterile technique.
• Prepare and pass off specimens as appropriate.
• Assist in lifting, turning, positioning, and preparing patients using proper body mechanics.
• Maintain a clean and safe environment; clean and prepare instruments for terminal sterilization.
• Assist with terminal cleaning of the room.
• Use standard precautions and appropriate personal protective equipment when handling hazardous substances, including blood and body fluids.
• Demonstrate competency in assigned access control, emergency management, environment safety, infection control, communication, procedures, and operative patient care (pre, intra, post).

Specialty

• Certified Surgical Technician (CST)
• Experience in Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR) averaging 6 cases per day.
• Ability to confidently perform in open heart surgery and vascular cases is highly preferred.

Required Qualifications

• Must be NBSTSA certified (National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting).

Schedule

• Weekday hours with weekend call.

Experience

• Specialty years of experience: Not explicitly stated, but confidence and ability in CVOR, open heart, and vascular cases are essential.

Additional Notes

• Prior travel experience is not specified as required.