Certified Surgical Tech CDH OR Full-time Rotating
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Full time rotating shifts. How does that fit your life?
What they are checking: Honest fit with the schedule the posting states.
How do you work with a surgeon whose manner is difficult under pressure?
What they are checking: A real part of the job, and whether they can stay effective through it.
What would you do
Something in the room breaks sterility. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they call it, which takes nerve in front of a surgical team.
About the work
Tell me about the orthopedic cases you have scrubbed.
What they are checking: This is an ortho room, and ortho instrumentation is its own world.
Walk me through setting up a room for a case, from opening to the patient arriving.
What they are checking: The posting names preparing the suite with drapes, instruments, implants and supplies.
Talk me through a count and what you do if it does not reconcile.
What they are checking: The posting says they continually account for instruments, which is the most serious safeguard in the room.
How do you keep implants and the equipment for them straight in an orthopedic case?
What they are checking: The posting names implants, and in ortho the tray count is large and the vendor sets vary.
How do you anticipate what a surgeon needs next?
What they are checking: The difference between passing instruments and being good at it.
Walk me through receiving and handling a specimen.
What they are checking: The posting names specimen handling, and a mislabeled specimen changes a diagnosis.
How do you prepare for a case you have not done before?
What they are checking: Whether they prepare deliberately rather than turning up.
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