{"id":6311,"date":"2024-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=6311"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:08:46","slug":"surgical-technologist-lead","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/surgical-technologist-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgical Technologist Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n
Representative group<\/th>\nJob codes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
SEIU LOCAL 925 Healthcare Prof\/Lab Tech<\/td>\n21917 (NE S SEIU 925 HCP\/LT)
\n23107 (NE H NI SEIU 925 HCP\/LT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WFSE HMC<\/td>\n18734 (NE S WFSE HMC)
\n23540 (NE H NI WFSE HMC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

BASIC FUNCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assist clinical staff in a variety of operative procedures. Obtain, assemble and arrange sterile instruments and supplies used for surgical procedures; pass appropriate instruments, sutures and supplies to surgeon during procedures; and maintain patient safety throughout perioperative care.<\/p>\n

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under general direction, regularly assign, instruct, and check the work of Surgical Technologists or Operating Room Technicians.<\/p>\n

Must lead at least one full-time employee (1.0 FTE) or an equivalent combination of part-time Surgical Technologists or Operating Room Technicians.<\/p>\n

TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Train, assign, provide direction, and check the work of Surgical Technologists or Operating Room Technicians in the preparation of operating rooms for surgical procedures;<\/p>\n

Develop and implement the daily staffing schedule;<\/p>\n

Serve as point of contact to other patient care providers;<\/p>\n

Participate in interviewing and onboarding new staff;<\/p>\n

Provide performance feedback to management;<\/p>\n

Assess and develop quality control methods for department or organizational unit;<\/p>\n

Coordinate instrument needs including inventory management of sets;<\/p>\n

Coordinate with Assistant Nurse Manager on specific service line needs for daily management of cases;<\/p>\n

Assist technologists and other staff in resolving problems concerning equipment functioning, staff coverage, and interpretation of policies and procedures;<\/p>\n

Evaluate training needs of departmental or unit staff and submit recommendations to management;<\/p>\n

Perform the duties of a Surgical Technologist or Operating Room Technicians; and<\/p>\n

Perform other duties as required.<\/p>\n

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Completion of a Surgical Technologist program AND three years of experience as a Surgical Technologist or Operating Room Technicians.<\/p>\n

Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n

CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

12\/02\/2021: New Class as negotiated with SEIU 925 for use at UWMC-Montlake
\n08\/01\/2023: Added job codes for WFSE and SEIU 1199NW as negotiated with WFSE for use at Harborview Medical Center, and SEIU1199NW for use at UWMC-Northwest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP Representative group Job codes SEIU LOCAL 925 Healthcare Prof\/Lab Tech 21917 (NE S SEIU 925 HCP\/LT) 23107 (NE H NI SEIU 925 HCP\/LT) WFSE HMC 18734 (NE S WFSE HMC) 23540 (NE H NI WFSE HMC) BASIC FUNCTION Assist clinical staff in a variety of operative procedures. Obtain, assemble and arrange sterile instruments and supplies used for surgical procedures; pass appropriate instruments, sutures and supplies to surgeon during procedures; and maintain patient safety throughout perioperative…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6311","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11968,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6311\/revisions\/11968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}