Surgical Technician - Cardiac OR

Shift Available: Full Time (four, 10 hour shifts with a rotating off day), on call 1 - 2 days per week and 1-2 weekends per month

The Oklahoma Children's Hospital Cardiac Operating Room is a tight knit, highly specialized unit consisting of 7 Registered Nurses and 2 Scrub Nurses. As the only congenital cardiac surgery provider in the state of Oklahoma, we are a high-volume center with NATIONALLY RANKED outcomes. Dr. Harold Burkhart, along with our expert team, has performed countless operations that have improved the lives of numerous congenital cardiac patients both in Oklahoma and surrounding states. We perform life-saving cardiac surgery for patients as young as only a few hours old, as well as adult congenital cardiac patients. Our unit consists of 2 cardiac operating rooms and state-of-the-art Hybrid Cath Lab. We also have a 25-bed cardiac ICU that can be transformed into satellite, mini-operating rooms. Our cardiac VAD and transplant program was UNOS approved in early 2024 and which has catapulted us into an exciting new realm of care. Work-life balance is a priority for our surgeons and for our nursing team. If you are looking for a family-oriented, dedicated and hard-working team, look no further!2023 Heart Week Video

General Description:

Under immediate to general supervision, provides technical assistance in the capacity of a surgical (scrub) technician in an operating room, labor and delivery or other facility performing surgical procedures.

Essential Responsibilities:

Responsibilities listed in this section are core to the position. Inability to perform these responsibilities with or without an accommodation may result in disqualification from the position.

• Learns to use Physician's preference cards to assist in preparing the operating room for the surgical procedure
• Prepares sterile field by the opening of instruments and supplies utilizing sterile technique
• Performs the surgical scrub prior to the patient entering the room on all procedures
• Assists in preparing operative field by assisting the physician in draping the patient
• Preserves and ensures correct identification of operative specimens for laboratory analysis
• Obtains special equipment such as electrosurgical machines and diagnostic lights and ensures that they are in working order
• Manipulates such instruments to aid in the efficiency of the surgeon and avoid hazard to patient
• Observes progress of surgery and provides additional instruments, supplies or other items as needed
• Recognizes and corrects breaks in sterile technique
• Participates in sponge, needle and instrument counts as directed by the circulating nurse
• Cleans or sterilizes contaminated instruments, equipment and supplies; cleans operating room areas; disposes of soiled linen
• Assists in the training of surgical technicians
• If assigned to the Labor and Delivery unit incumbent may be required to perform a variety of clerical and technical direct patient care activities

General Responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Graduation from an accredited school/program for Surgical Technicians OR

Experience: 0-1 year of scrub technician experience for the completion of training. Eligible to sit for the national exam by the Association of Surgical Technicians.

License(s)/Certification(s)/Registration(s) Required: Current Basic Life Support issued by the American Heart Association required upon hire.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of basic human anatomy and of basic first-aid methods and practices.
• Skill in maintaining an effective working relationship with others.
• Must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served by his or her service.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status; and to interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs and to provide the care needed by the appropriate patient age group (neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric).