Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well-being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). 

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. 

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.

Sign-on Bonuses up to $20,000 AND Education Assistance (student loan payoff) up to $24,000 for eligible hires and positions

Job Summary / Purpose

The Team Leaders responsibilities include providing guidance, clinical expertise, mentoring and functional direction to members of the health care team while optimizing available resources to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

Essential Functions

• Prioritizes and directs the workflow and tasks involved in assisting the operating rooms with efficient turnover and will assist with performance evaluations.
• Tracks instruments needing a rapid turn-over and insures they are delivered to Sterile Processing as soon as possible.
• Inventories and stocks all supplies and instruments kept in the clean core.
• Communicates with sterile processing staff and operating room staff regarding the flow of supplies, instruments and equipment.
• Serves as a role model for students, new employees and non-professionals.
• Possesses knowledge of procedures and instrumentation and serves as a resource/reference person for other staff.
• Assists in maintaining instruments and instrument sets. Work in combination with the RN Team Lead to gather information regarding additional instruments or equipment that are needed.
• Assists in maintaining and updating surgeon preference cards as necessary.
• Assists in preparing and planning for future surgery cases. Informs the RN Team Lead of special supplies, instrumentation and equipment that may be needed.

The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Graduation from an accredited Surgical Technician program

• Two years as a surgical technician.

Licensure and Certifications

• Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)

• Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR)

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