Certification Details
- National Certification - Required
- BLS (AHA) - Required
Job Details
- Functioning within the Health System's mission, values, objectives, procedures and policies, the Surgical Technologist functions within a collaborative approach along with all members of perioperative services to provide quality patient care.
- The Surgical Technologist assists in the delivery of care for the surgical patient.
- Case preparation responsibilities include schedule and booking sheet review to verify necessary equipment to be available and complete.
- The Surgical Technologist assists in moving and positioning patient per Surgeon's guidelines; participates in time out to confirm procedure and surgeon;
and drapes patient within surgeon's guidelines.
- The Surgical Technologist also assists the Surgeon with the case as directed including providing retraction of tissue for optimal visualization, demonstrating retraction and instrument technique.
- The Surgical Technologist functions in all areas of Surgical Services including, but not limited to, General, Ortho, OB / GYN, Open Heart, Podiatry, Robotics, Urology, Neuro, Vascular, ENT, Plastics, Hybrid, Robotic and Laser cases.
- Judgments are made based upon clinical skills.
- Once training is completed, Surgical Technologist will be expected to be part of the on-call rotation in the respective area of training.
- On-call response time within 30 minutes required.
- On-call frequency will be determined in accordance with departmental guidelines.
Job Requirements
- 2+ Years of Experience - Required
- 1+ Years of Open Heart Experience - Required
- National Certification - Required
- BLS (AHA) - Required
- Prior Travel - Required
- Must be a graduate of a surgical technology program - Required
- Must be flexible, cannot accommodate blocked schedules, etc.
Schedule Information
- Must be flexible, cannot accommodate blocked schedules, etc.
- On-call response time within 30 minutes required.
- On-call frequency will be determined in accordance with departmental guidelines.
Additional Details
- Work history
- Skills Checklist, current to 1 year, pertinent to the specialty
- Further Lima Specifics :
- Nonbillable Hours : 8 hours
- References not Required at time of submission
- OT / Holiday / Call back Markups : 1.25x Regular rates
- All Travelers will be expected / required to float to units within their scope of practice and skill set.
- Should a traveler refuse to float, Lima reserves the right to send traveler home without pay for the entire work week.
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