Children's Health · 2 weeks ago
Surgical Technologist OR II, Full Time
Dallas, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expChildren's Health is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children through innovative treatments and community engagement. The Surgical Technologist OR II will handle surgical instruments, supplies, and equipment, ensuring quality patient care during surgeries while maintaining a sterile environment. This role also involves cleaning and preparing instruments for sterilization and participating in quality improvement activities.
AssociationHealth CareHospitalMedical
Responsibilities
Provide proficient skills for surgical services by demonstrating proficiency in the delivery of skills in all of basic services. This includes, but is not limited to: General Surgery, Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery, Urology, basic Orthopedic Surgery, and Ophthalmic Surgery. Skills include preparing the operating room for surgical procedures by ensuring that surgical equipment is functioning properly and safely and preparing the sterile field for the surgical procedure by securing sterile supplies, instruments, and equipment based on the surgeons preference cards. This also includes those supplies that could possibly be used based on the patients condition, size and surgical procedure. Actively participates in The Universal protocol standards to include pre-procedure verification, review of surgical preference cards, set up of surgical field according to case planned, and all instrumentation and supplies are available and ready when the patient arrives in the operating room
Scrubs, gowns, and gloves using sterile technique. Sets up sterile field with instruments, supplies and equipment. Helps in draping the sterile field. Passing supplies, equipment or instruments. Sponging or suctioning an operative site. Preparing and cutting suture material. Transferring and pouring irrigation fluids. Labeling intraoperative medications according to policy and transferring those medications within the sterile field. Handling specimens. Holding retractors and other instruments. Applying electro cautery to clamps on bleeders. Connecting drains to suction apparatus. Applying dressings to closed wounds. Assisting in counting sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments with the registered nurse circulator. Maintains the highest standard of sterile technique during the surgical procedure. This includes monitoring situation which could lead to breaches in aseptic technique. Participates in the surgical time out to include proper review of the surgical consent, proper identification of the patient, and in understanding and acknowledgement of the patient allergies as they relate to the potential medications to be given in the surgical field
Cleaning and preparing instruments for terminal sterilization on completion of the surgery. Assisting the surgical team with cleaning of the operating room on completion of the surgery for the next scheduled procedure
Leads team participating and expectation in the cleaning and preparing instruments for terminal sterilization on completion of the surgery. Assisting the surgical team with cleaning of the operating room on completion of the surgery for the next scheduled procedure. Floats to the Sterile Processing Department monthly to inspect and teach specialty instrumentation
Demonstrates proficiency in professional practice. Communicates effectively, handles conflict in a professional manner. Continuously evaluates the outcomes of patient care, team needs, and professional practice. Works to improve clinical practice and the outcome of patient care through achieving unit based goals. Is a preceptor of peers in the clinical setting in both basic and complex services. Motivates others to incorporate clinical standards into daily practice. Is a resource for external customer needs. This may include vendors and other outside resources. Collaborates with others to maintain equipment supplies and instrumentation for service lines
Research and quality improvement. Incorporates clinical research into clinical practice. Remains current with changes in clinical standards of care and evidence based practice. Actively participates in unit based quality improvement activities. Leads unit based quality improvement activities. Manages sterilizer guidelines for the department and in rotation with other surgical technologist specialized without direction
Qualification
Required
High School diploma or equivalent required; additional training beyond high school Req
Basic Life Support
Certified Registered Central Service Technician
Meets Work Experience Equivalency
Cert Surgical Technologist
Certified Surgical Technologist
At least 2 years Req
Current Surgical Technologist Certification issued by an approved organization. (Certification is not required if the employee has completed an appropriate training program for surgical technology in the United States Armed Forces or was employed as a surgical technologist prior to September 9, 2009 Required
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers as required by CP 1.20 Life Support Course Requirements Req
Benefits
Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.
4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure
Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)
Caregiver Leave
Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
Company
Children's Health
Children's Health care specialized children's all health related issue and solve instantly.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Children's Health has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (3)
2024 (2)
2023 (2)
2022 (3)
2021 (2)
2020 (5)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$22.4MKey Investors
Communities Foundation of TexasHyundai Hope On Wheels
2025-06-26Grant· $3M
2024-08-28Grant· $0.4M
2013-12-02Grant· $19M
Leadership Team
Thomas Burt
SVP, Total Rewards and HR Operations
Recent News
Dallas Innovates
2025-11-06
2025-11-05
Company data provided by crunchbase