First Heart Scrub (Surgical Tech - Per Diem)
Billings Clinic

Under the clinical supervision of the cardiovascular physician and direct supervision of the Director Cardiac Services, the First Heart Scrub (Surgical Technologist) provides cardiovascular surgical assistance, assistance with clinical projects, staff education, and other cardiovascular surgery departmental functions.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides scrub coverage for all cardiovascular/thoracic operations. Assists cardiovascular surgeon with instruments, supplies, and equipment.
• Serves as a patient advocate by maintaining a sterile field, ensuring adequate positioning and communicating any concerns.
• Serve as a liaison for communication between surgeons and staff working in the surgery rooms. Assist with needed education of staff in the surgery rooms.
• Maintains and shares current knowledge of cardiovascular surgeon's needs and techniques with all staff members.
• Maintain instrument sets and communicate need for new instruments or repairs.
• Participates in on-call rotations for all cardiovascular/thoracic procedure needs which require availability 24 hours per day/365 days per year. On-call rotations (6680 hours annually) will be split between four (4) staff members resulting in approximately 1,670 hours of call each year per person.
• Assists and participates in cardiovascular department research projects.
• Utilizes performance improvement principles to assess and improve quality. Assists with process improvement strategies and quality assurance projects within the Operating Room and the Cardiovascular Surgical department.
• Identifies needs and sets goals for own growth and development; meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements; acquires knowledge and skills essential to incorporating into practice proven new evaluation/treatment modalities. Participates in continuing education offerings to maintain knowledge/skills on cardiovascular procedures.
• Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency environmental, employee or patient safety standards relevant to job performance.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• Graduate of an accredited program for surgical technology

Experience

• 5 years of operating room experience as a Surgical Tech, previous open heart scrub experience preferred but not required. Cardiac, Thoracic, or Vascular experience a plus but not required.

Certifications and Licenses

• Certified Surgical Tech preferred
• Current Healthcare Provider CPR certification required, ACLS preferred