Surgical Technologist  

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Twinsburg Family Health & Surgery Center and become a part of one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. Twinsburg Family Health & Surgery Center is a state-of-the-art facility that is dedicated to providing world class care through advanced specialty care, primary care and surgical services.   
 

Twinsburg Family Health & Surgery Center’s Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) offers advanced outpatient surgery that allows patients to return home soon after their procedure without the need for overnight stays. Surgical Technologists, sometimes called “scrub techs”, assist in surgical procedures under the supervision of surgeons and registered nurses and ensure quality patient care during the operative procedure and maintaining a sterile field. Surgical Technologists perform a variety of functions, such as checking supplies and equipment, setting up sterile tables, performing appropriate counts, draping the sterile field, passing instruments to the surgeon and assistant during the procedure, prepare sterile dressing and clean instruments for terminal sterilization.     
 

A caregiver in this position works 7:00am – 3:30pm.  

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Set up the sterile table and ensure appropriate supplies, drugs and equipment are available.  

• Assists RN in counting all sponges, instruments, etc. at appropriate times during surgery. 

• Assist in gowning and gloving surgical team members and draping patients. 

• Ensure aseptic condition is maintained by the scrubbed surgical team through the procedure.  

• Participate in the intraoperative “timeout.”  

• Collect, identify and label specimens removed during surgical procedures and gives specimens to circulator for disposition.  

• Ambulatory locations: coordinate surgical and clinical schedules, assist with outpatient clinic flow, assist with coordinating outpatient procedure room cases and supplies, assist with orienting new caregivers, answer patient phone calls, relay messages and information to providers, perform post-op phone calls, provide information to patients based on provider information, and scribe for providers in the outpatient clinic.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Completion of a surgical technology program accredited through the CAAHEP or ABHES OR completion of a military surgical technology program OR certification as a Surgical Technologist (acceptable certifications for this route are TS-C (through the National Center for Competency Training) or CST (through the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting). 

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA).  

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Certified Surgical Technologist. 

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