**Overview** Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change. The Surgical Technologist I is responsible for cleaning and handling instruments following standard policies while maintaining updated record. **Responsibilities** A day in the life of a Surgical Technologist I at Hackensack Meridian _Health_ can be described as follows: + Follows policy in standardization of set-ups and utilization of surgeon preference and assumes responsibility for the care and proper handling of instruments by neatly organizing all instrumentation before returning to decontamination room and returning all clean supplies to designated areas. + Maintains count of sponges, needles, instruments and administrates and labels medications all accordingly to established policy. + Handles specimens according to O.R. Policy and Procedures. + Controls contamination and provides for decontamination, disinfections, sterilization and sanitation of instruments and equipment. + Removes used equipment and properly disposes of contaminated needles and syringes at end of procedures. + Participates in team conference to plan care and evaluates effectiveness of patient care and assists circulator in revising plan of care. + Maintains ST skills proficiency checklist up to date by checking off equipment and cases, circulating or scrub when rotated through specialty areas. + Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.). + Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies. **Qualifications** Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: + Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist Program or appropriate training program. Licenses and Certifications Preferred: + Certified Surgical Technologist. If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today! **Job ID** _2024-154238_ **Department** _HTP Operating Room_ **Site** _Hackensack University Med Cntr_ **Job Location** _US-NJ-Hackensack_ **Position Type** _Full Time with Benefits_ **Standard Hours Per Week** _40_ **Shift** _Evening_ **Shift Hours** _3:15pm-11:45pm_ **Weekend Work** _Weekends as Needed_ **On Call Work** _No On-Call Required_ **Holiday Work** _As Needed_