Surgical Technician
Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Job Type :
Temp/Contract
Job Industry :
Healthcare - Health Services
Job Description :
Cross Country Workforce Solutions Group (CCWSG) is looking to staff Surgical Technicians for Acute Facilities in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas.
Positions are scheduled to start in May & June of 2024.
We're looking for experienced Surg Techs that can work independently with confidence in their role.
- Orientation Classes start April & May!
- 13 Week Contracts
- Full Time Hours
- Eligible for Benefits after 60 days!
- Paid every Friday!
- Pay Ranges: $40-$45/hour
Job Summary:
Serves as a scrub technician in an operating room and provides direct and indirect care to patients before, during, and after surgery.
- Monitors and continually assess' operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
- Sets up operating room prior to surgery by obtaining and checking equipment, instruments, packs and supplies needed in surgery, according to nursing protocol; prepares and processes instrument trays and other supplies as needed.
- Correctly verifies solutions, drugs, and drainage tubes with circulating nurse and labels them accordingly.
- Assists in maintaining and labeling specimens collected during surgery according to the established procedures.
- Serves as a scrub technician during a variety of surgical procedures, handling sterile instruments and supplies while maintaining aseptic technique.
- Cleans, sorts, sterilizes, and decontaminates operating room, equipment as well as instruments utilizing sterilizer, ultrasonic, and Steris; disposes of waste and soiled supplies in appropriate receptacle.
- Assembles, operates, adjusts, and monitors support equipment such as suction machines, scopes, diagnostic equipment and lights to ensure proper operation.
- Under direction of a surgeon, assists with suctioning, cutting sutures, and applying and removing dressings for operative procedures according to established policies and procedures.
- Counts sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments before surgery, before closure, during closure, and after surgery to ensure all surgical supplies are accounted for, in accordance with established policies and procedures.
- Maintains files and records of surgical procedures.
- Transports patients to and from perioperative services and/or medical wards and assists the surgeon and registered nurse in positioning, prepping, and draping patients for surgery.
Required Qualifications :
- Two years of experience in an operating room assisting surgeons and medical staff during surgery or Graduation from an accredited surgical technology program with 1 year of experience.
- BLS from the American Heart Association
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