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Surgical Technician Plastic Surgery
Healthcare - Medical
Job Description:
Surgical Technician - Plastic Surgery
Location:
Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center
4700 Las Vegas Blvd N, Nellis AFB, NV 89191
Requirements:
Education:
-Degree/Education: Graduate from a Surgical Technology Program recognized and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES), National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT), or completion of a formal training program provided by any branch of the Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force) for surgical technicians, surgical technologists, operating room technicians. Completion of an accredited surgical service and clinical course.
Experience:
- Possess a minimum of 12 months of experience within the last 36 months as a surgical services technician. Clinic operation experience desired.
Certifications/License
- BLS
• Certified as a Surgical Technologist (CST) from The National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) or certified as a Tech-in-Surgery (TS-C) from the National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) or possess a Military Occupational Specialty. Computer-based training does not constitute fulfilling the training requirements.
Job Duties:
• In accordance with surgeon's preference and established standards, ensures presence of all instruments and equipment, and supplies necessary for surgical procedures; inspects all instruments to ensure all required items are available. Responsible for care and handling of all equipment used.
• Maintains neat, orderly, and safe work area and practices economy in the use of all sterile supplies
• Be knowledgeable about professional and practice issues related to the field of plastic surgery
• Provides and maintains a safe environment for the patient and staff by complying with facility requirements and safety standards
• Assists the surgeon and RN during diagnostic, therapeutic, and emergency procedures.
• Prepares surgical area and helps to clean procedure and clinic room following plastic surgery procedures, properly disposes of contaminated supplies and equipment. Disposes of biohazardous waste per infection control guidelines
• Follows manufacturer's IFUs and works in compliance with TJC requirements
• Prepares procedure rooms and preoperative bays, excluding medications
• Ability to communicate effectively with physicians, nurses, and other staff members
• Provides care within ethical and legal boundaries.
• Keeps accurate inventories of supplies
• Knows how to operate all pertinent equipment in the Procedure Room/OR.
• Attends and performs all required CBTs, department trainings, and maintains knowledge of safety procedures within the facility. Completes orientation, competency verification, and educational programs in accordance with facility and unit specific guidelines
• Participates in committees, functions, and other meetings as directed. Provides relevant and timely information to these groups if asked
• Assists with process improvement initiatives
• Participates in customer service initiatives, quality projects, and medical readiness activities, designed to enhance health services
• Maintains or assists with health record input, storage, and retrieval
• Assists nursing staff with preoperative patient preparation activities.
• Helps with routing medical materiel management activities.
• Accomplishes routine safety checks and operator preventive maintenance on fixed and moveable medical equipment and fixtures.
• Assists anesthesia personnel with patient positioning and anesthesia administration.
• Applies principles of asepsis, infection control, and medical ethics.
• Assists with terminal cleanup of OR and prepares for follow-up procedures.
• Receives, decontaminates, and cleans soiled patient care items.
• Stores, maintains, and distributes sterile patient care items.
• Assists the circulating nurse with preparing records, reports, and requests.
• Performs general clinic functions. Prepares patients, instruments, supplies, and equipment for specialized procedures in the OR and specialty clinic. Assists plastics surgeon during surgical and diagnostic procedures. Assembles, operates, and maintains diagnostic and therapeutic equipment. Orders diagnostic, laboratory and radiographic procedures as directed. Performs activities unique to specific surgical clinics.
• Attends in-service training in new procedures, techniques, and equipment.
• Assists surgeons and nurses with Plastics procedures, including surgeries in the surgical treatment of medical conditions and diseases, and wound care, aspirations, minor surgical procedures, etc; instructs patients in pre-operative/post-operative care.
• Maintains clean and well-stocked cast and soft goods room; orders special supplies and/or equipment.
• Coordinates data collection resources for the clinic information systems.
• Manages surgeon's schedules, supports clinic operations.
• Prepares all documentation to meet or exceed established standards of the MTF, to include, but not limited to, timeliness, accuracy, content, and signature. Only MTF and Air Force approved abbreviations shall be used for documentation of the patient health record.
• Remains current with surgical trends, care and supplies; performs other duties as assigned. Works the front desk as required to schedules patient appointments, reschedule appointments, answer calls, faxes, and performs any other daily administrative, patient check-in procedures at the front desk as required. Completes T-Cons (telephone consults) IAW Medical Group instructions and/or Department instructions.
• Performs basic administrative Plastic Surgery clinic duties. Executes reception desk duties according to standard operating procedures
• The supervisor makes assignments defining objectives, priorities, and deadlines and assists the employee in resolving unusual or difficult problems. Incumbent is relied upon to perform details of work assignments with minimum supervision and guidance.
• Physical demands: Work pace ranges from sedentary to a very rapid pace to include walking, standing, bending, and reaching. The work involves long periods of moving about the work unit. It requires regular and recurring standing, bending, lifting, stooping, stretching, lifting and positioning patients, assisting patients on and off examination tables, and similar activities. This includes lifting and positioning patients onto exam table and positioning or on/off gurney and/or wheelchair. Work requires specific, but common, physical abilities such as agility and dexterity to position patients for examination or treatment in usual alternate positions for patients with common disabilities. Heavy lifting occasionally may be required to relocate clinic equipment/furniture. The work may require holding patient's extremity steadily for up to one hour or longer. Work at computer terminal, amount of time may vary. Involves prolonged standing and holding of surgical instrumentation when working in the operating room environment.
Schedule:
M-F 0730-1630 with 1 hour lunch break
Benefits:
We offer Medical (UHC), Dental, Vision, LTD, STD, and more
PTO:
Full Time employees accrue 10 days of vacation, 7 sick days, and have 11 paid holidays per year.
ISGF Government Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
Job Details
City : Nellis AFB
State : Nevada
Compensation : $0.00/hr
Date Entered : 6/1/2026
Job Order Record Type : Government Job