JOB SUMMARY
Provide skilled technical assistance to surgeons and physicians during operative procedures.

Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and maintain the operating room environment, ensuring all necessary equipment and supplies are available and sterile.
- Assist the surgical team by anticipating needs and providing instruments, supplies, and equipment as directed.
- Maintain sterile technique throughout the surgical procedure.
- Handle specimens correctly and ensure proper labeling.
- Assist with patient positioning and drapes.
- Perform sponge, needle, and instrument counts as per protocol.
- Manage surgical supplies and instrumentation, including decontamination and sterilization processes.
- Adhere to Universal Protocol (Time Out) procedures.
- Document relevant information accurately.
- Demonstrate leadership or management experience within the surgical setting.

Schedule / Shift
Call Required: Yes, 6 shifts per 8-week time block, including weekends and holidays.
Weekend Shifts per Contract: 6 shifts per 8-week time block, including weekends and holidays.

Required Qualifications
- Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) required.
- If a traveler, must have worked as a tech in NY prior to 2015 to be exempt from CST requirement.

Experience
- Minimum of 3 years of experience.
- 3+ years of experience is preferred.

Skills
- General Operating Room procedures
- Gastric Bypass
- Gastric Sleeve
- Lap Band surgery
- Laparoscopic assisted procedures (general, gastric, gynecological, colorectal, appendectomy, cholecystectomy, colon resection)
- Aortic Aneurysm Repair (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm repair, Endovascular Aneurysm Repair)
- Carotid Angioplasty
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Femoral Popliteal Bypass Graft
- Direct Laryngoscopy
- Radical Neck Dissection
- Tonsillectomy/Adenoidectomy
- Tracheostomy
- Appendectomy
- Cholecystectomy
- Colon Resection (Open/LAP)
- Hernia Repair (Inguinal/Umbilical)
- Mastectomy (including partial/total thyroidectomy)
- Anterior/Posterior Repair (Colporrhaphy)
- Bilateral Tubal Ligation
- Cervical Cerclage
- Dilation & Curettage
- Anterior Cervical Fusion
- Cervical Fusions
- Craniotomy
- Insertion of VP Shunt
- Laminectomy/Discectomy
- Lumbar Fusion
- XLIF (Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion)
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Closed/Open Reduction of Fractures
- Spinal Fusion
- Total Hip Replacement
- Total Knee Replacement
- Mastectomy with Tram Flap Reconstruction
- Bunionectomy
- Hallux Vagoplasty/Arthrodesis
- Metatarsal Surgery
- Colorectal Robotic Surgery
- Da Vinci Xi Surgical System
- Mediastinoscopy
- VATS (Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery)
- Cystoscopy
- Nephrectomy
- Prostatectomy
- Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP)
- Lithotripsy (Ultrasonic Lithotripsy/ESWL)
- Ureteroscopy
- Knowledge of decontamination and sterilization processes and indicators
- Aseptic Technique
- Sharps Safety
- Specimen Handling/Labeling

EMR / Systems
- Epic preferred.

Unit / Specialty
- Experience across 12 service lines.

Floating / On-Call
- On-call required.