CVOR Tech
Location: Lancaster, CA
Job Type: Travel Contract
Company: Encompass Healthcare Staffing
Category: Healthcare: Allied Health
Job Description Apply Now
Job ObjectiveThe Operating Room Scrub Technician competently assists the surgical team during operative and invasive procedures. This role is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the sterile field at all times and functions under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Pre-Operative Readiness
- Prepare the operating room environment, ensuring all necessary instruments, supplies, and equipment are available prior to patient arrival.
- Consult and update surgeon preference cards; report any irregularities to the circulating nurse.
- Verify that all instruments and equipment are in proper working condition.
- Monitor and validate that room humidity and temperature are within the appropriate range.
- Open sterile supplies using aseptic techniques and continuously validate the sterility of all products placed on the field.
- Set up the sterile field in a standardized manner to facilitate clear visualization during counts.
- Perform all surgical counts (needles, sponges, instruments) in accordance with department policy.
- Assist the surgeon and circulating nurse with patient positioning and draping.
- Anticipate surgeon needs through active observation, ensuring appropriate instrumentation is ready before it is requested.
- Maintain the "Time Out" protocol; do not pass a scalpel or instruments until the process is complete.
- Accurately handle, identify, and label specimens, ensuring clear differentiation between tissues (e.g., right vs. left).
- Manage medications/fluids on the sterile field by validating orders, visualizing labels (name, strength, expiration), and labeling all containers accordingly.
- Assist with efficient room turnover activities.
- Prepare instruments for CPD by removing gross materials and using appropriate disinfectant/enzymatic solutions.
- Identify, tag, and report malfunctioning equipment to CPD or Bio-med with a clear description of the issue.
- Maintain room stock (linens/supplies) and return unused items to their proper locations.
- Proficiency in sterile technique and surgical safety protocols.
- Ability to safely transfer patients, gurneys, IV poles, and wheelchairs.
- Capacity to remain composed and effective under stressful emotional and physical conditions.
- Flexibility to assist with administrative/clerical tasks as needed.
- Education: Completion of an accredited Surgical Technician course is required.
- Certification: Operating Room Technician certification (CST) is highly desirable.
- Experience: Two (2) years of experience in an acute or long-term care surgical setting.
- Licensure: Current BLS certification is required.
- Call Requirement: Mandatory participation in the night and weekend on-call rotation.
- Environment: Potential exposure to contaminated instruments, wet/humid conditions, fumes, toxic chemicals, electrical shock, and radiation.