JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute · 4 months ago
SURGICAL TECH I - CATH LAB HYBRID OPERATING ROOM - FULL TIME DAYS (7AM-3:30PM)
Hackensack, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
New Grad, Entry LevelHackensack Meridian Health is committed to transforming healthcare and serving as a leader of positive change. The Surgical Technologist I is responsible for cleaning and handling instruments, maintaining records, and ensuring proper care and handling of surgical instruments in the operating room.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Follows policy in standardization of set-ups and utilization of surgeon preference and assumes responsibility for the care and proper handling of instruments by neatly organizing all instrumentation before returning to decontamination room and returning all clean supplies to designated areas
Maintains count of sponges, needles, instruments and administrates and labels medications all accordingly to established policy
Handles specimens according to O.R. Policy and Procedures
Controls contamination and provides for decontamination, disinfections, sterilization and sanitation of instruments and equipment
Removes used equipment and properly disposes of contaminated needles and syringes at end of procedures
Participates in team conference to plan care and evaluates effectiveness of patient care and assists circulator in revising plan of care
Maintains ST skills proficiency checklist up to date by checking off equipment and cases, circulating or scrub when rotated through specialty areas
Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.)
Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies
Qualification
Required
Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist Program or appropriate training program
Preferred
Certified Surgical Technologist
Benefits
Health
Dental
Vision
Paid leave
Tuition reimbursement
Retirement benefits
Company
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute
Offering New Jersey’s most comprehensive rehabilitation services, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute is a 94-bed facility located in Edison, NJ, serving residents of the tristate area for more than 40 years.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase