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:
- Collect patient healthcare data systematically and on an ongoing basis using appropriate assessment techniques and instruments.
- Participate in quality improvement programs and activities that promote patient, family, physician, and staff satisfaction.
- Engage in clinical activities to foster evidence-based practice.
- Maintain awareness of current research applicable to patient care.
- Participate in unit-based quality and performance improvement programs.
- Utilize resources to meet individual learning needs.
- Serve as a support and resource for other staff and students.
- Engage in self-assessment and participate in activities to promote own professional growth and development.
- Acquire and maintain current knowledge and competence to fulfill responsibilities.
- Participate in designated activities related to professional nursing standards and regulations of relevant outside agencies.
- Collaborate with members of the interdisciplinary team and promote collegial relationships.
- Participate in coordination of unit activities to provide care in a healing, humane, and caring environment.
- Support the mission, philosophy, standards, goals, and objectives of the institution, department, and service line.
- Recognize that all patients may not share the values and practices of the US health system.
- Consider needs and behaviors of specific patient age and cultural groups in all patient care activities.
- Evaluate the patient’s progress toward attainment of expected outcomes.
- Implement interventions identified in the plan of care.
- Provide RN Circulator/Surgical Team updates of information that reflects the ability to prioritize and organize care.
- Support the Surgical Team in the achievement of expected outcomes individualized to the patient.
- Communicate 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, 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. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.
NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. 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. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
