Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) Reviews

Cons: Micro management and lack of motivation to change

Cons: Lack of staff and no compensation for doing more And more work

Cons: How understaffed it is and how management is subsequently over relying on a select few to pick up the slack and this creates burnout

Cons: Pay, compensation and benefits

Cons: The pay rate and having to pay for parking

Cons: I've lived here my whole and it's all I know

Cons: The entire hospital rows around Register Nurses. CSTs are SPECIALIST in surgery. We obtain a 2 year AAS degree. Surgery is ALL we study. The RNs that work in the surgery department learn OTJT. Nurses literally spend 1-2 days in surgery during their training. We need Nurses in our department. However, our job description at Deaconess Hospital states that the CST works under the RN. It is more correct that they work under the CST due to CST knowledge of the departure and what transpires in our department. However, I believe the best statement should be that we work as a team with the Anesthesiologist and the Surgeon. Most of our nurses have been beat over the head about documentation by management therefore that is their focus and not patient care. Other departments in our hospital with specialty training like Rad Techs etc are represented by like specialty managers. We have ZERO representation and ZERO input on the policies and procedures of our department despite the surgical knowledge we have. We continue to be managed by Nurses, supervised by nurses while in reality we are their supervisors telling them how equipment works and to operate it, where things are, what is need, how to spell the surgical procedures and why the procedures entail. It’s very exhausting to not be recognized and basically treated like an off the street entry level house keeper.