NYU Langone Health is a world-class, patient-centered, integrated academic medical center, known for its excellence in clinical care, research, and education. It comprises more than 200 locations throughout the New York area, including five inpatient locations, a children's hospital, three emergency rooms and a level 1 trauma center. Also part of NYU Langone Health is the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer center, and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, which since 1841 has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.
Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Surgical Technologist-KP4 Pediatric OR-Evening Shift (37.5 Hours). In this role, the successful candidate, under the direction of a licensed professional nurse, can scrub on all surgical procedures in the Operating Room and assist the physician in procedural areas.
Job Responsibilities:
- Collects patient healthcare data systematically and on an ongoing basis using appropriate assessment techniques and instruments.
- Participates in quality improvement programs and activities that promote patient, family, physician, and staff satisfaction.
- Participates in clinical activities to foster evidence-based practice.
- Maintains awareness of current research applicable to patient care.
- Participates in unit-based quality and performance improvement programs.
- Utilizes resources to meet individual learning needs.
- Serves as a support and resource for other staff and students.
- Engages in self-assessment and participates in activities to promote own professional growth and development.
- Acquires and maintains current knowledge and competence to fulfill responsibilities.
- Participates in designated activities related to professional nursing standards and regulations of relevant outside agencies.
- Collaborates with members of the interdisciplinary team and promotes collegial relationships.
- Participates in coordination of unit activities to provide care in a healing, humane, and caring environment.
- Supports the mission, philosophy, standards, goals, and objectives of the institution, department, and service line.
- Recognizes that all patients may not share the values and practices of the US health system.
- Considers needs and behaviors of specific patient age and cultural groups in all patient care activities.
- Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attainment of expected outcomes.
- Implements interventions identified in the plan of care.
- Provides RN Circulator/Surgical Team updating of information that reflects the ability to prioritize and organize care.
- Participates in the plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
- Supports the Surgical Team in the achievement of expected outcomes individualized to the patient.
- Communicates assessment data to nursing/surgical team.
Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a High School Diploma or equivalent required, BLS required (American Heart Association), and 1-3 years of operating room experience preferred. Must be a graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program through NBSTSA. Certification exam must be taken and passed within 12 months of completion of surgical technologist program.
Required Licenses: Cert Surgical Technologist, Basic Life Support Cert.
Preferred Qualifications:
One year experience as a Certified Surgical Technologist in a large complex Operating Room preferred.
Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
NYU Langone Health provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.
NYU Langone Health is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment.
The salary range for the role is $82,796.59 - $108,883.19 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need.
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