Certified Surgical Technologist
Universal City, Texas
CHRISTUS Ambulatory Surgery Center

CST/ORT - OR

Employment Type: Travel Location: Universal City, Texas Setting: Ambulatory surgery center Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: 7 AM - 5 PM Work Type: Part time

Role Summary

• Performs technical duties to prepare and care for pre-operative patients, including skin preparation, positioning, transport to and from the OR suite, and care of biological specimens.
• Maintains aseptic technique and sterile field, passes instruments and sutures to the physician, and assists as directed.
• Sets up the OR with tables, instruments, and supplies by case type, using the physician preference card as a starting point and keeping preference cards current.
• Works under the direction of a professional nurse to deliver direct patient care and assistance before and during surgical procedures.
• Maintains traffic control, dress codes, OR sanitation, and facility decontamination, processing, and sterilization policies.
• Adapts patient care to each patient's physical, psychosocial, cultural, age-specific, and developmental needs.
• Meets expectations of the applicable competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Certified Surgical Technologist with 2 years of experience
• Certified Surgical Technologist experience within the last year
• BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association
• High school diploma or equivalent, or completion of a surgical technology program or an LVN/LPN program