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Job Title

OR Surgical Technician - Ambulatory Surgery Center

Location

Strongsville

Facility

Strongsville Fam Hlth Surg Ctr

Department

Strongsville ASC Admin-Surgical Operations

Job Code

G18006

Shift

Days

Schedule

7:00am-3:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Strongsville Family Health & Surgery Center and become a part of one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. This patient-friendly facility offers primary care and a wide array of specialties providing patients with the world-class care for which Cleveland Clinic is known. Here, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation and build a rewarding career.

Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) offers advanced outpatient surgery that allows patients to return home soon after procedures without the need for overnight stays. Surgical Technologists, sometimes called “scrub techs”, assist in surgical procedures under the supervision of surgeons and registered nurses to ensure quality patient care during the operative procedure and maintaining a sterile field. This position is critical for keeping our ORs safe, sterile and organized for the hundreds of patients our teams encounter every day.

A caregiver in this position works 7:00AM – 3:30PM.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Set up the sterile table and ensure appropriate supplies, drugs and equipment are available.
• Assist RN in counting all sponges, instruments and other equipment at appropriate times during surgery.
• Assist in gowning and gloving surgical team members and draping patients.
• Ensure aseptic condition is maintained by the scrubbed surgical team through the procedure.
• Participate in the intraoperative “timeout.”
• Collect, identify and label specimens removed during surgical procedures and gives specimens to circulator for disposition.
• Coordinate surgical and clinical schedules.
• Assist with outpatient clinic flow, coordinating outpatient procedure room cases and supplies, orienting new caregivers, answering patient phone calls, relaying messages and information to providers, performing post-op phone calls, providing information to patients and scribing for providers in the outpatient clinic.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Completion of a surgical technology program accredited through the CAAHEP or ABHES OR completion of a military surgical technology program OR certification as a Surgical Technologist (acceptable certifications for this route are TS-C (through the National Center for Competency Training) or CST (through the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Certified Surgical Technologist

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Physical Requirements:

• Full range of body motion for handling and lifting patients
• Manual and finger dexterity and hand-eye coordination
• Standing and walking for extensive periods of time
• Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 25 pounds occasionally
• Pushing, pulling and navigating supply carts weighing less than 75 pounds periodically
• Corrected vision and hearing to normal range
• Working under stressful conditions of working irregular hours
• Some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids
• Medium Work, exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects
• Physical Demand requirements in excess of those for Light Work

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follow standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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