Surgical Technician - Santa Monica, California

Surgical Technician

Santa Monica, CA

Full-Time (Onsite) Day Shift

Relocation Candidates Accepted

Under the general supervision of the circulating registered nurse and in collaboration with the service-line coordinators, clinical supervisors, and surgery manager, the surgical technologist II is an individual with demonstrated competence in surgical scrubbing technique(s) who provides scrub services for the department by:

• Ensuring the functionality, availability, and sterility of OR supplies and equipment prior to the start of the daily caseload. 
• Scrubbing and handling instruments during surgical procedures. Adhering to standards of aseptic technique in all phases of surgical intervention. 
• Demonstrating competence in performing scrub services for a variety of surgical procedures. 
• Assisting service-line coordinators in receiving and stocking supplies/equipment for a cluster of specialties. 
• Reporting variations in stock inventory level(s) to the service-line coordinators and materials management. 
• Communicating opportunities for systems improvement to the service-line coordinators and surgery manager. 
• Participating in selected patient care activities such as room turnover and transporting as needed. 

Must Haves:

• 2 years experience as a surgical technologist with the ability to competently scrub all regularly performed procedures in five of the eight core service-line clusters (cardiac, thoracic/vascular, orthopedics, spine, general/urology/gynecology, EENT/plastics/maxillofacial, neuro, robotics). Of the five service lines, three must be general/urology/gynecology, orthopedics, and spine
• Completion of an accredited surgical technologist course (not required if more than 10 years of experience)
• H.S. Diploma or GED
• National Certified Surgical Technologist - National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting upon hire
• National Provider BLS - American Heart Association upon hire
• Associate's Degree (preferred)