SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST - MAIN OPERATING ROOM - DAYS
Company: MD Anderson Center
Location: Houston
Posted on: October 22, 2024
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Job Description:
Description - External
Surgical Technologist opportunity in our Main Operating Room
MD Anderson offers our Surgical Techs:- Paid employee medical
benefits (zero premium) starting on first day for employees who
work 30 or more hours per week
- Group Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D and Disability coverage
- Paid time off (PTO) and Extended Illness Bank (EIB) paid leave
accruals
- Paid institutional holidays, wellness leave, childcare leave and
other paid leave programs
- Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service
- Teachers Retirement System defined-benefit pension plan and two
voluntary retirement plans
- Employer paid life, AD&D and an illness-related reduced
salary pay program
- Health Savings Account and Dependent Care Reimbursement flexible
spending accounts
- Fertility benefits
- State of Texas longevity pay
- Extensive wellness, recognition, fitness, employee health
programs and employee resource groups.
Perioperative Services strives to be the safest perioperative
environment in the world, to have the highest quality of
perioperative outcomes, and to demonstrate the core values in our
vision. Partnered with Anesthesiology and Critical Care, the
Division of Nursing and the Division of Surgery, this
multidisciplinary team performs more than 15,000 surgical cases
each year in more than 30 operating rooms spanning the Main
Building and Mays Clinic.
The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma or equivalent,
Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) and at least one year of
recent surgical technologist experience.
KEY FUNCTIONS
Accountability:
--- Practices safely by adhering to all standards, guidelines,
policies & procedures and serving as a resource for others about
appropriate actions.
--- Demonstrates integrity and accountability by addressing breaks
in technique and unsafe conditions.
--- Adds value to role by demonstrating flexibility and
cross-training to other services outside of assigned quad.
--- Organizes workflow (contributes to on-time surgery starts,
works to turnover cases as efficiently as possible); appropriately
allocates/uses and leads others to efficiently use resources (time,
materials, supplies, equipment, personnel).
--- Maintains stability in performance while under pressure and
handles crisis and difficult situations without inappropriate
emotionality.
--- Puts away all supplies & equipment after case.
--- Demonstrates knowledge of operational costs, participates in
cost-saving strategies, and avoids wastes of supplies,
resources.
--- Completes annual self-appraisal and provides appropriate
documentation.
Clinical Practice:
--- Demonstrates competency in performance of responsibilities
during surgical procedures.
--- Plans for cases by ensuring appropriate resources are consulted
for information.
--- Prepares all supplies/equipment necessary for cases as
indicated on preference cards and has available for procedure but
opens only if certain it will be needed.
--- Assembles, inspects and connects equipment to ensure safe,
clean and correct functioning (all pieces present, instrumentation
clean, assembled correctly).
--- Initiates patient safety measures (temperature of
solutions/instruments, avoidance of pressure points on patient,
instrumentation appropriate in size and nature to preserve
integrity of tissues, etc.) and follows sponge, instrument, &
sharps count policy & procedure.
--- Checks with circulator for all medications, solutions,
hemostatic agents delivered to the field; correctly labels and
prepares according to policy/procedure, standards of care, and/or
manufacturer's instructions.
--- Handles, labels, and transports specimens safely according to
policy and procedure.
--- Handles and delivers prosthetics to the field in a way that
maintains sterility and preserves integrity.
Teamwork:
--- Communicates within and among team members in a healthy,
constructive way, avoiding participation in destructive behaviors
that block team efforts.
--- Values the contributions of all team members and publicly
recognizes their efforts.
--- Gains the trust of others by demonstrating consistency in
practice of principles, values, and behavior as well as using good
listening skills, expressing ideas clearly, promoting open
communication.
--- Communicates effectively with circulator to ensure care of
patient and rhythm of case progresses.
--- Scrubs, sets up, counts in a timely manner so that other team
member roles are not impeded.
--- Remains actively engaged in surgery, focused on operative
field, and anticipates needs of surgeon without having to be
coached or reminded. Improves personal performance by pursuing
learning opportunities to broaden knowledge base and build
depth/variety in clinical experience.
--- Assesses own performance and actively seeks feedback related to
clinical performance, interpersonal relationships, contributions to
teamwork and participation in improvement efforts.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Certification/Licensure
One of the following: Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) by the
National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) or by the National
Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA). New
graduate must obtain and maintain certification by the 180th day
after date of hire date. Employed to practice surgical technology
in a health care facility prior to September 1, 2009. Completed
appropriate training program for surgical technology in the
military of the United States or in the United States Public Health
Service.
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to
race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual
orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected
veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected
by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless
such distinction is required by law.
http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html
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