Surgical Technologist Intern - Surgery - Per Diem - Variable

Company: Nurse.com
Location: Toledo
Posted on: January 27, 2023

Job Description:

ProMedica Toledo Hospital is one of the largest acute-care facilities in the region. Our 794-bed hospital is staffed by more than 4,800 professional healthcare employees who serve a 27-county area throughout northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. We also have the area's largest board-certified medical staff, which is made up of more than 1,000 primary care and specialty physicians. Excellent customer service skills and the ability to work in a fast paced environment are a must. In addition, for 15 consecutive years, residents of Greater Toledo have named us the Consumer Choice Award winner in our market. In fact, we're the only hospital in northwest Ohio to receive this honor.

Position Summary

A surgical technologist apprentice position is open to students who have completed their first year of an accredited surgical technologist program. -The student must be in good standing in their program and have demonstrated clinical competence. -The surgical technologist apprentice assists with patient care and related activities in the operating room under the direction of an RN or Certified Surgical Technologist (CST).

Accountabilities -

1. - - -Assist in opening sterile supplies and moving appropriately around sterile fields.
2. - - -Scrubbing, gowning, and gloving themselves and others.
3. - - -Organizing sterile field and supplies.
4. - - -Draping mayo stands.
5. - - -Removing instruments from autoclave and high-level disinfection agents.
6. - - -Identifying and handling basic instruments.
7. - - -Setting up instruments for cases under directions of CST. -
8. - - -Assists with transporting of patients, assists with positioning, holding extremities for preps, and washing instruments.
9. - - -Cleaning and restocking OR rooms and carts.
10. - - -Pulling for cases and obtaining surgical supplies.
11. - - -Sterile second assisting duties such as holding retractors and extremities.
12. - - -Other related duties as requested. -Education: -Must have completed their first year of an accredited surgical technologist program. -Must be in good standing in their program which refers to a student that has passed required courses, has achieved required GPA, has registered for required courses, and meets clinical attendance requirements.Skills: Ability to pass competencies of the position according to the job description, evaluation and department policiesCertification: -CPR, must obtain surgical tech certification within 2 years of hire.

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ProMedica -is a mission-based, not-for-profit integrated healthcare organization headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. -For more information, please visit www.promedica.org/about-promedica

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, citizenship, familial or marital status, genetics, or any other legally protected category. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a job with ProMedica, please contact employment@promedica.org

Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug-Free Workplace

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