Job Description Description
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Are you in your final year of the Surgical Technician associate degree and looking for a way to gain hands-on experience while earning money? We have an exciting job opportunity that could be perfect for you!
We are offering a flexible work schedule that fits around your clinicals, allowing you to earn money and learn real-life skills as you prepare for your Surgical Technician certification. This program will provide you with clinical practice designed to fully prepare you for your future role as a Surgical Technician.
Upon completion of the program, you will be required to obtain your Surgical Technician certification or associate degree. At that time, you will be promoted from the Surgical Technician, OJT position to a full Surgical Technician role.
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable experience, advance your career, and secure your future as a Surgical Technician.
Position requires applicant to be currently enrolled in a Surgical Technician / OR Tech program.
Summary:
Reviews Physician preference lists, check supplies and instruments required for each surgical procedure. Follows instructions to: place equipment and supplies in operating rooms, assist team members to place and position patient on table, and hand instruments and supplies to surgeon.
Responsibilities:
1. Maintains an environment of safety for patients, self and others.
2. Completes duties according to the individual needs of the patient with full consideration of patient safety needs.
3. Reviews Physician preference lists, check supplies and instruments required for each surgical procedure.
4. Implements appropriate Instrument table set up, prepares and maintains sterile field throughout the surgical procedure.
5. Places equipment and supplies in operating room and arranges equipment, according to instructions.
6. Assists team members to place and position patient on table.
7. Hands instruments and supplies to surgeon, holds retractors, cuts sutures, and performs other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
8. Understands and complies with OR policy and procedures and protocols.
9. Puts unused supplies and instruments away at the end of the case.
10. Assists with room turn over and clean up.
Other InformationOther information:
Education Requirements:
* High School diploma or general education degree (GED) and some college preferred.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* Basic Life Support Certification required
Professional Experience Requirements:
* None required
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
* Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintain ace instructions, and policy and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively communicate information and respond to questions from patients, physicians, family members and other Rex staff. Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide all units of measure, using whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions, and to define problems, collect data.
Job DetailsLegal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: Johnston Health
Organization Unit: Operating Room - CL
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
Salary Range: $18.20 - 25.86 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Rotating
Location of Job: US:NC:Smithfield
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
