About the role

St. Luke's Sugar Land Hospital is a 100-bed facility in Fort Bend County offering comprehensive care including robotic surgery and family birthing services. The role involves preparing the operating room, maintaining sterile fields, and assisting the surgical team during procedures to ensure patient safety.

Skills

Surgical assistance Sterile field maintenance Aseptic technique Instrument handling Surgical equipment preparation Surgical counts Retracting tissue Suctioning Basic Life Support CPR Adaptability Teamwork Operating room support

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Where You’ll Work

St. Luke's Health–Sugar Land Hospital is a 100 bed facility serving residents of Fort Bend County and Southwest Houston. Our Family Birthing Center provides exceptional care in a spa-like setting, creating a VIP (Very Important Pregnancy) experience for growing families. Since opening in 2008, our dedicated team of physicians, nurses and support staff has proudly delivered expert, compassionate care to our community. Our services range from heart care and neuroscience to robotic surgery.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Surgical Tech, you will help prepare the operating room and surgical team so they can successfully perform a variety of surgical procedures for patients.Every day you will set up surgical equipment and instruments, assist the surgical team, and ensure a sterile environment. You will be expected to adapt quickly, collaborate effectively within the OR team, and contribute directly to the patient's healing process.To be successful in this role, you must possess adaptability, a strong team-player mindset, and enthusiasm for supporting complex surgical procedures.

Assists surgical team in the scrubbing role according to prescribed standards and licensure.
Maintains sterile field. Reports immediately any breaks in aseptic technique.
Passes instruments, suture products, medication, and sponge materials to surgeon.
Assists with retracting of tissue and organs, and suctioning by holding the retracting instrument which has been placed by the surgeon.
Electrosurgical current may be applied as directed by the surgeon, to an established instrument placed by the surgeon.
Performs surgical counts with the RN according to policy and procedure.

Job Requirements

Required

High School Graduate General Studies and Minimum of two (2) years of surgical experience, upon hire or
High School GED General Studies and Minimum of two (2) years of surgical experience, upon hire
Certified Surgical Technologist, upon hire or
Technologist in Surgery-Certified, upon hire and
Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days

Surgical Technician II