About Us
At Ponte Vedra Plastic Surgery, we strive for excellence in the care we provide and in the results that we achieve. Offering numerous cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries, along with nonsurgical procedures at multiple locations, our outstanding surgeons and staff are able to provide superior results. Since we truly value each patient, we attend ongoing training to provide the most advanced procedures in our state-of-the-art facilities. In addition, our main location features a fully licensed and accredited ambulatory surgery center. Our ultimate goal is to provide Northeast Florida with world-class surgery in a safe and welcoming environment. We invite you to learn more about us. To learn more about our practice, services, and patient care philosophy, we invite you to visit our website using the following link: https://www.pvps.com/
Position Summary We are seeking a part time motivated and skilled Surgical Instrument Tech to join our team. As a surgical instrument technician, you will be primarily responsible for preparing the operating room, sterilizing surgical instruments, and assisting the surgical team during procedures by anticipating their needs and passing necessary instruments, supplies, and retractors to ensure smooth and safe surgeries while maintaining a sterile environment throughout the operation; they may also perform post-operative cleaning and instrument reprocessing.
Key Responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:
Patient Care
- Check in patients to pre-operative area.
- Instruct on changing clothes appropriately.
- Takes temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs. Able to detect deviations from normal and report to RN.
- Apply appropriate SCD sleeves and/or warming blanket as indicated.
- Act as an advocate for the patient.
- Maintain privacy, dignity and confidentiality of the patient and health information.
Instrument Care
- Decontaminate, disinfect, clean, wrap/package and sterilize and store surgical instruments according to established protocol.
- Receive, inventory and restock materials used for surgical services.
- Monitor, interpret, and document results of physical, chemical and biological indicators for all types of sterilizers used in the sterile processing areas. Report any abnormalities immediately.
- Distribute medical and surgical supplies from sterile processing areas to other areas within the facility or health care organization as needed.
- Adhere to standard precautions including the use of personal protective equipment.
Perioperative area
- Maintaining cleanliness and preparation of the perioperative areas per AORN standards
- maintenance cleaning/daily mopping of pre-op area and PACU
- stocking of medical supplies, nutritional supplies, medications
- assist in laundry as needed
- Clean and disinfect assigned areas including furnishings and equipment.
- Assist in preparing rooms (pre-op, OR, PACU, ECF), sterile instruments, equipment, and supplies for surgery.
- Turn-over/prepare pre-operative area in a timely manner for arriving patients
- Assist in turn-over cleaning in the OR, terminal/end of the day cleaning of the OR, and paperwork preparation/scanning as instructed
Education, Licensure and Experience Requirements:
- High school diploma
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
Preferred
- Associates or Bachelor’s degree
- One year experience with patient care and/or surgical instrumentation processing
- Certified or registered central service certification
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Physically demanding, high-stress environment
- Exposure to blood, sharp instruments and other devices, body fluids and tissue, communicable diseases, chemicals, radiation, and repetitive motions
- Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients
- Manual and finger dexterity
- Hand and eye coordination
- Standing and walking for extensive periods of time
- Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 lbs
- Work hours include both day hours and occasional overnight shifts.
This position is part time and does not include employee benefits.
Why Join Us? Ascend Aesthetic Partners is a Management Services Organization (MSO) in the field of Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics. Founded on a commitment to excellence, innovation, and patient care, Ascend PSP brings together a network of highly accomplished plastic surgeons and their practices to advance aesthetic medicine, helping our patients feel more confident in their own bodies. We are a group of plastic surgeons that have come together to collaborate on a whole new level. We believe that by learning from like-minded plastic surgeons and collaborating, we can continually evolve and improve our practices, reaching more people and positively changing their lives.
Ponte Vedra Plastic Surgery is an Equal Opportunity EmployerAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
