What are the responsibilities and job description for the Surgical Technologist and Preference Card Specialist position at University of Minnesota Physicians?
Ranked #1 in the state of Minnesota, our Ambulatory Surgery Center serves as a catalyst for the expansion of our extraordinary patient care and innovative research. Patient needs and the principles of access, innovation and cost-effective care have been incorporated at every level. Our Ambulatory Surgery Center strives for a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive environment where employees are able to find career growth as well as work-life balance.
Our Ambulatory Surgery and Procedure Center has 10 operating rooms and 6 procedure rooms and last year we cared for over 16,500 patients.
The Surgical Technologist and Preference Card Specialist assists the surgical team in care of patients in the operating room by maintaining aseptic technique, anticipating surgeon needs, managing instrumentation, and ensuring proper counts, specimen handling, and equipment readiness in adherence to standards of practice in collaboration with an OR RN. They will be responsible for coordinating with OR Team Leads and interdisciplinary staff to develop, maintain, and standardize surgical preference cards that promote efficiency in our high volume ASC. This includes identifying opportunities for cost savings, waste reduction, and improved operational efficiency. They will partner closely with supply chain and clinical teams to organize product conversions, backorders, substitutions, and discontinued items. They will utilize the electronic medical record to maintain precise and updated preference cards, inventory locations, and equipment records to minimize case delays, picking errors, and documentation discrepancies.
No weekends, holidays or call work.***
What you will do as a Surgical Technologist and Preference Card Specialist:
Hours: 1.0 FTE, 40 hours per week
Benefits: This is a fully benefit eligible position: Competitive wages, Healthcare (including vision & dental), 401K, parking & tuition assistance and more!
Compensation
33.76 - 48.95 USD Hourly
At M Physicians we believe in pay transparency and equity. The compensation for each position is based on experience, skills, qualifications, and other role-specific considerations. Our total compensation is designed to support your well-being, career growth, and work-life balance.
University of Minnesota Physicians (M Physicians), a non-profit organization headquartered in Minneapolis, seeks motivated individuals for both clinical and non-clinical roles to drive innovation in health and medicine. Our inclusive culture offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and the opportunity for career development in the exciting field of health care to over 1,200 physicians, 300 advanced practice providers, and 2,200 health professionals and staff across Minnesota and beyond.
Join us on a mission to advance medicine.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Our Ambulatory Surgery and Procedure Center has 10 operating rooms and 6 procedure rooms and last year we cared for over 16,500 patients.
The Surgical Technologist and Preference Card Specialist assists the surgical team in care of patients in the operating room by maintaining aseptic technique, anticipating surgeon needs, managing instrumentation, and ensuring proper counts, specimen handling, and equipment readiness in adherence to standards of practice in collaboration with an OR RN. They will be responsible for coordinating with OR Team Leads and interdisciplinary staff to develop, maintain, and standardize surgical preference cards that promote efficiency in our high volume ASC. This includes identifying opportunities for cost savings, waste reduction, and improved operational efficiency. They will partner closely with supply chain and clinical teams to organize product conversions, backorders, substitutions, and discontinued items. They will utilize the electronic medical record to maintain precise and updated preference cards, inventory locations, and equipment records to minimize case delays, picking errors, and documentation discrepancies.
No weekends, holidays or call work.***
What you will do as a Surgical Technologist and Preference Card Specialist:
- Serves as scrub person during operative procedures
- Anticipates surgeon’s needs
- Supplies appropriate instruments, suture and specialty items.
- Maintains aseptic technique during all sterile procedures.
- Assures proper identification and handling of specimens.
- Completes all required sponge, sharps and instrument counts.
- Assists in transfer/positioning of patients.
- Assures availability and proper functioning of supplies and equipment.
- Assembles and adjusts equipment.
- Cleans, replenishes and sterilizes instruments and supplies as needed.
- Develop, maintain, and standardize surgical preference cards.
- Communicate product conversions, backorders, substitutions, discontinued items, and integration of new supplies, implants, and equipment.
- Maintain updated preference cards, item numbers, item locations, and item inventory.
- 2 years of operating room experience with knowledge of AORN standards.
- Previous experience working with an electronic medical record.
- Ability to effectively use technology and medical/surgical terminology.
- Knowledge of safe surgery processes.
- Ability to work effectively surgical team and anticipates next steps.
- Excellent verbal communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal, collaboration and organizational skills.
- Active BLS Certification
Hours: 1.0 FTE, 40 hours per week
Benefits: This is a fully benefit eligible position: Competitive wages, Healthcare (including vision & dental), 401K, parking & tuition assistance and more!
Compensation
33.76 - 48.95 USD Hourly
At M Physicians we believe in pay transparency and equity. The compensation for each position is based on experience, skills, qualifications, and other role-specific considerations. Our total compensation is designed to support your well-being, career growth, and work-life balance.
University of Minnesota Physicians (M Physicians), a non-profit organization headquartered in Minneapolis, seeks motivated individuals for both clinical and non-clinical roles to drive innovation in health and medicine. Our inclusive culture offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and the opportunity for career development in the exciting field of health care to over 1,200 physicians, 300 advanced practice providers, and 2,200 health professionals and staff across Minnesota and beyond.
Join us on a mission to advance medicine.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.