Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)
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Unity Healthcare
Lafayette, IN, US
Summary
The Certified Surgical Technologist prepares the operating room by managing sterile instruments and equipment while assisting surgeons during procedures. They are responsible for tracking surgical supplies, maintaining patient confidentiality, and providing visualization of the operative site.
Job Description
Lafayette Vein and Vascular – Requisition #2598
Unity Healthcare is a comprehensive, multi-specialty healthcare provider with offices throughout North Central Indiana. We have over 20 specialties, including an award-winning surgery center. We are locally owned, which allows us to make decisions in the best interest of our patients and our community.
With our 50 + experienced Healthcare Professionals, innovative technology, and wide range of services and treatment options, we help each patient live his or her best life.
Responsibilities
- Prepares the operating room by selecting and opening sterile instruments
- Assembles, adjusts, and checks non-sterile equipment
- Utilizes sterilizers, lights, suction machines, electrosurgical units, and diagnostic equipment during surgery
- Assists with sponge, needle, and other supply counts to track materials used in surgery
- Provide visualization of the operative site
- Utilize appropriate techniques to assist with hemostasis, including but not limited to clamping, cautery, ligation, clips, hemostatic agents, applying tourniquets, and vessel loops
- Perform and assist with closure of surgical incisions, apply wound vacs, placement of drains, and dressings
- Assist with surgery scheduling
- Follow guidelines of HIPAA in maintaining patient confidentiality
Requirements & Skills
- Certification(s): Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) required; BLS preferred
- Team-oriented and positively contribute to exceptional customer service
- Excellent organizational & communication skills
- Ability to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment and multitask
Employment Details
- Full-time or part-time
- 1Monday – Friday and must be willing to take call occasionally
- Practice Website: https://www.unityhc.com/practice/lafayette-vein-vascular/
Unity Healthcare, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Unity Healthcare is a comprehensive, multi-specialty healthcare provider with satellite offices and practitioners located throughout north central Indiana. We have more than 100 Healthcare Professionals and over 30 specialty areas – all sharing a vision to give you the best medical care possible.
Because our goal is to offer a continuity of care that leads to faster, more accurate diagnoses and shorter recovery times, we bring innovative technology to the region including 3-Tesla MRI imaging and IMRT. We also offer the latest procedures including outpatient joint replacements, balloon sinuplasty and intra-operative radiation therapy for breast cancer therapy.
We're a team with a purpose – to provide exceptional quality healthcare located in the heart of Lafayette – that's a better way to practice medicine.
Founded
1995
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Lafayette, IN
Unity Healthcare is a comprehensive, multi-specialty healthcare provider with satellite offices and practitioners located throughout north central Indiana. We have more than 100 Healthcare Professionals and over 30 specialty areas – all sharing a vision to give you the best medical care possible.
Because our goal is to offer a continuity of care that leads to faster, more accurate diagnoses and shorter recovery times, we bring innovative technology to the region including 3-Tesla MRI imaging and IMRT. We also offer the latest procedures including outpatient joint replacements, balloon sinuplasty and intra-operative radiation therapy for breast cancer therapy.
We're a team with a purpose – to provide exceptional quality healthcare located in the heart of Lafayette – that's a better way to practice medicine.
Founded
1995
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Lafayette, IN