Surgical Tech Apprentice - Surgery

Cameron Memorial Community Hospital is a 25-bed, independent, not-for-profit facility that proudly serves Angola and Steuben County. We’ve been a cornerstone of this community and the surrounding area in northeast Indiana dating back to 1926. Over the years, we’ve helped generation after generation of area residents enjoy better health and live comfortably. Today, Cameron Hospital has grown into something more than a simple community hospital. Filled with advanced equipment and skilled specialists, Cameron is a modern, high-tech facility that provides advanced diagnostics, a variety of specialties and cutting-edge treatment options that are combined with highly personalized and compassionate care.

DEPARTMENT: Surgery

JOB TITLE: Surgical Tech Apprentice (STA)

SHIFT: PRN, part time as needed, Days

Summary

Assists surgery staff to prepare the operating suite for procedure, during the procedure, and with operating room turnovers.

Qualifications

Experience

• Minimal or 12-week clinical rotation experience required

Skills/Competencies

• Knowledge of sterile technique.
• Knowledge of operating room procedures. 
• Willing to learn usage of new equipment and techniques. 

Education 

• High School graduate

Certification

• Current CPR certification 

Essential Functions

• Exemplifies good customer service.
• Demonstrates knowledge of perioperative factors that might alter the perioperative phase.
• Ensures sterile and aseptic technique when opening supplies, setting up for procedures, and maintains throughout procedure.
• Proficient at cleaning of operating room before and between cases.
• Prepares case carts by pulling supplies and instruments from physician preference cards.
• Performs surgical scrub and hold retractors under the guidance of physician and CST/RN.
• Reports any breach in sterility to surgeon and circulating RN.
• Completes annual education and regulatory requirements, including state and federal regulation.