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.
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