Lead Surgical Technologist

About the role

The Lead Surgical Technologist (Scrub Tech) supports surgical procedures, assists with orientation, education, and ongoing competency validation for Surgical Technologists, and is responsible for facility inventory. This role requires knowledge of urology instrumentation, endoscopic equipment, and New Jersey facility regulations to ensure safe, high-quality care in a high-volume outpatient setting.

Responsibilities

• Preoperative Duties
• Prepare and maintain sterile operating rooms for urology procedures.
• Select, assemble, check, and organize trays, instruments, scopes, lasers, and disposables.
• Verify proper functioning of endoscopic video towers, light sources, irrigation systems, and laser equipment.
• Perform counts of instruments, needles, sponges, and sharps with the circulating nurse according to policy.
• Ensure availability of specialty supplies (e.g., stents, catheters, guidewires, baskets).
• Intraoperative Duties
• Maintain sterile field and technique throughout procedures.
• Anticipate surgeon needs and deliver instruments, sutures, supplies, and equipment in a timely manner.
• Handle scopes and endoscopic instrumentation with precision.
• Handles specimens according to policy and procedure.
• Handles drugs and solutions according to policy.
• Assist in patient transfer and positioning (e.g., lithotomy) as directed.
• Support adherence to laser safety and other facility protocols.
• Participate in surgical time-outs and safety checks per NJ ASC regulations.
• Postoperative Duties
• Assist in efficient room turnover, including instrument point-of-use cleaning and equipment care.
• Dispose of biohazardous materials in accordance with facility and New Jersey health regulations.
• Restock and prepare operating rooms for subsequent cases.
• Coordinate with sterile processing for reprocessing of instruments.
• Maintains appropriate inventory level for supplies and facilitates the acquisition of supplies.
• Picks supplies for procedures using preference lists.
• Revises physician preference lists on an on-going basis.
• Utilizes down time constructively.
• Inventory Control Responsibilities:
• Fill requests and issue product in a timely manner consistent with their priority.
• Receive incoming deliveries, validate receipts in Workday, break down boxes and put stock away.
• Create product returns
• Follow up on orders until received and/or filled.
• Attend mandatory training sessions as assigned.
• Verify items ordered meet standards for quality and consistency.
• Respond to special pick-ups and/or deliveries in emergency situations.
• Check in the implants and return after OR case is completed.
• Check inventory daily and stock the shelves with necessary supplies.
• What We Expect from You
• Required
• High school graduate or GED
• Completion of an accredited Surgical Technology program
• Current certification as a Surgical Technologist (CST) preferred (NBSTSA or NCCT)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Familiarity with aseptic technique, surgical instruments, and endoscopic equipment
• Understanding of patient safety protocols and regulatory compliance
• Preferred
• 1+ year experience in urology, endoscopy, or ambulatory surgery settings
• Experience specifically with: Urology endoscopic procedures and cameras
• Laser systems (e.g., holmium)
• Urologic implants and stents
• Knowledge of ASC operations and New Jersey health facility standards
• Reasoning Ability
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Computer Skills
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have thorough knowledge in computer information systems.
• Physical Demands
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Work Environment
• This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
• Other Duties
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
• Travel
• Travel is primarily local during the business day.
• Salary Range :
• $33.00-$40.00 per hour
• The compensation range listed reflects the anticipat

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