CVOR Technologist
Denver, Colorado
Saint Joseph Hospital

CVOR Tech

Location: Denver, Colorado Contract Length: 12 weeks Shift: Day shift, 10 hours per day, 40 hours per week

Responsibilities

• Performs scrub duties and maintains sterile supplies and sterile technique.
• Assists in nursing care and preparation of surgical patients, and assembles and organizes case carts according to surgeon preference lists.
• Provides instrumentation, sutures, and supplies as requested, and may pass instruments to the surgeon during cases.
• Counts sponges, needles, blades, and instruments using proper technique and policy.
• Assists with care and handling of specimens, implants, dressings, soiled instruments, contaminated materials, and sharps, and prepares specimens for laboratory analysis.
• Assists with timely room turnover, including cleanup, restocking, and care of instruments and equipment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• May be required to float to other departments within scope of competency and qualifications.
• May be required to be placed on call during a regularly scheduled shift.

Required Qualifications

• Valid CVOR Technologist license in Colorado.
• One (1) year of CVOR Technologist experience, completed within the last year.
• BLS issued by the American Heart Association.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Experience working with cardiac patients.
• Experience working with cardiovascular surgery patients.
• Cardiovascular (CV) experience as a Surgical Tech.