About this role
The UH Cleveland Medical Center Operating Room is looking for Surg Techs interested in joining our night shift team!
Hours of Operation: 3(12)s M-F 7pm- 7:45am, no weekends or call
What We Offer:
- $5k sign-on bonus for external candidates with 1+ years of experience and a $2,500 sign-on bonus for new grad techs.
- Competitive hourly rate + $3 elevated hourly rate + Shift Diff
- Free parking
A Brief Overview
The Surgical Technologist maintains sterile conditions, anticipates the needs of the surgical team, and ensures that all instruments and supplies are available and properly handled. This position is the 2nd level of Surgical Technologist career ladder
What You Will Do
- Provide safe efficient age specific nursing care to patients/families using nursing interventions in order to assist them to attain, maintain, regain, and sustain optimal health status.
- Provide patient care/function in a primary scrub position and takes responsibility for precepting others in the scrub role.
- Assist with technical responsibilities in assigned operative procedures and serve as resource in an area of expertise.
- Assure appropriate instruments/supplies are present and in proper working condition, and demonstrate ability to operate service specific equipment.
- Provide labeled medications with correct doses on the sterile field and adheres to patient safety expectations.
- Support the operative team, includes following patient care hand off protocol, or standards, protocols and policies in collaboration with a RN/ACN.
- Actively participate in the quality improvement process.
- Involved in learning, self-improvement and performs as a knowledge expert and resource person for the service line.
Additional Responsibilities
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Complies with all policies and standards.
- For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
- Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.
Education
- Graduate from an accredited Surgical Technologist program (Required)
Work Experience
- Expert knowledge of asepsis, instrumentation, suture and surgical procedures in a defined specialty. (Required)
- Meets Surgical Technologist II promotional/maintenance requirements. (Required)
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Ability to use a wide variety of technical equipment to meet patient care needs and prescribed medical therapies.
Licenses and Certifications
- Basic Life Support (BLS) ( within 90 Days)
- Surgical Technologist Certification (CST or CORST) (Required Upon Hire)
Physical Demands
- Standing Frequently
- Walking Frequently
- Sitting Rarely
- Lifting Frequently up to 50 lbs
- Carrying Frequently up to 50 lbs
- Pushing Frequently up to 50 lbs
- Pulling Frequently up to 50 lbs
- Climbing Occasionally up to 50 lbs
- Balancing Occasionally
- Stooping Frequently
- Kneeling Frequently
- Crouching Frequently
- Crawling Occasionally
- Reaching Frequently
- Handling Frequently
- Grasping Frequently
- Feeling Constantly
- Talking Constantly
- Hearing Constantly
- Repetitive Motions Constantly
- Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination Constantly
Travel Requirements
- 10%25
Other facts
About University Hospitals
Founded in 1866, University Hospitals serves the needs of patients through an integrated network of 23 hospitals (including 5 joint ventures), more than 50 health centers and outpatient facilities, and over 200 physician offices in 16 counties throughout northern Ohio. The system’s flagship quaternary care, academic medical center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Oxford University and the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. The main campus also includes the UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the nation; UH MacDonald Women's Hospital, Ohio's only hospital for women; and UH Seidman Cancer Center, part of the NCI-designated Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. UH is home to some of the most prestigious clinical and research programs in the nation, with more than 3,000 active clinical trials and research studies underway. UH Cleveland Medical Center is perennially among the highest performers in national ranking surveys, including “America’s Best Hospitals” from U.S. News & World Report. UH is also home to 19 Clinical Care Delivery and Research Institutes. UH is one of the largest employers in Northeast Ohio with more than 30,000 employees.
What you'll do
- The Surgical Technologist maintains sterile conditions and anticipates the needs of the surgical team. They provide patient care in a primary scrub position and ensure all instruments and supplies are available and properly handled.
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