CST III

The Certified Surgical Technologist/LVN Surgical Technologist and the Surgical Technologist assist in the nursing care and preparation of surgical patients in the Outpatient and Main Operating Room. He/she functions as a member of the sterile team in donning gown and gloves, creating and maintaining a sterile field and issuing instruments to surgeons utilizing AORN standards of care. Qualifications: A. Education: Current Surgical Technologist Certification or eligible. Surgical Technologist I and II must obtain CST certification within 6 months of hire or transfer to position. Surgical Technologists who were employed before September 1, 2009 may remain employed as a surgical technologist without meeting the certification requirement. B. Training and Experience: 1. Current BLS Certification through the American Heart Association upon hire or transfer to department. 2. Complete the following competencies within 3 months of hire or transfer to department: • Aseptic technique • Gowning and gloving • Surgical hand scrub • Surgical case preparation • Sterile case set-up • Surgical draping • Intraoperative actions • Postoperative actions 3. ST and CST levels are based off of a point system designed in the career ladder. 4. Basic daVinci Robotic Surgery proficiency-within 1 year for new hires; within 2 years of signing job description for tenured staff.