Certified Operationg Room (OR) Scrub Technician - Margate

***$5,000.00 SIGN-ON ELIGIBLE***

Externalcandidates only. For more information contact Marchar Charite

Northwest Medical Center is a 289-bed medical center and healthcare complex, continuously expanding and incorporating the latest technology in the delivery of care. Awarded the Gold Seal of Approval™ from the Joint Commission which indicates our high standards in performance providing the highest level of services to the population to our community.  Northwest Medical Center is also certified by the Joint Commission as primary stroke center and an accredited chest pain center by the American College of Cardiology. We are recognized as a Comprehensive Bariatric Center of Excellence by the American College of Surgeons Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program.

Our facility continues growing to meet the needs of the community we serve and features expanded capabilities in emergency, critical care, as well as women’s and children’s services. Out state of the art maternity care includes the only Level III NICU in northern Broward County. The breadth and depth of these service lines translates to increased professional opportunities for our colleagues. We invite you to join a dynamic team of dedicated healthcare professionals and explore your grow potential.

We are looking for a dedicated and passionate a Certified Scrub Technician for our Operation Room.The OR Scrub Technician must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychosocial, educational needs, safety needs and related criteria appropriate to the age(s) of the patients served in the assigned position. As a Certified OR Scrub Technician, some of your primary responsibilities will be to: 

• Inspect sterile items for contamination before opening. 
• Maintain sterility while opening sterile items for procedure. 
• Adhere to sanitation policies and procedures. 
• Demonstrate hand-washing technique. 
• Assure personal protective equipment is available and appropriately used.
• Maintain neat and orderly sterile field. 
• Communicate actual/potential infection control concerns to the Infection Control Coordinator in a timely manner. 
• Demonstrate strong surgical conscience. 
• Demonstrate knowledge of and complies with infection control policies as applicable. 
• Use principles of aseptic practice in varying situations. 
• Initiate corrective action when breaks in technique occur. 
• Secure tissues, fluids, calculi, cultures, hardware and implantables retrieved from patient for Registered Nurse. 
• Assist with cleanup of Operating Room between cases.
• Remove and red tags defective equipment.  
• Anticipate the need for equipment and supplies. 
• Select equipment and supplies in an organized and timely manner. 
• Assure all equipment is functioning before use. 
• Follow established policies and procedures for sponge, sharps and instrument counts. 
• Inform nurse when there is a discrepancy in a count and assists in resolution.
• Anticipate surgeons' needs.