SURG TECHNOLOGIST-CERT

Covenant Health; Sevierville (TN); On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an established healthcare network as a Certified Surgical Technologist in a dynamic and supportive environment. This role involves facilitating patient care in the surgical setting, ensuring a sterile field, and assisting surgeons with instruments and supplies. You will be part of a dedicated team focused on providing excellent care in a community hospital known for its compassionate service. With a robust benefits package and opportunities for professional development, this position offers a fulfilling career path in the healthcare industry. If you are passionate about patient care and surgical support, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Assistance

Certification Bonuses

401(k) Matching

Combined Time Off (CTO)

Qualifications

• Must hold current CST certification from NBSTSA.
• Experience in surgical settings preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in surgical procedures by maintaining a sterile field and providing instruments.
• Plan and clean up assigned surgical procedures as a circulator or scrub tech.

Skills

Patient Care

Aseptic Technique

Surgical Instrumentation

Communication Skills

Education

Certified Surgical Technologist Certification

Tools

Surgical Equipment

Lasers

Endoscopes

Job description

Overview

Certified Surgical Technologist, OBGYN

$7,500 Sign-on Bonus for Experienced CSTs

$5,000 Sign-on Bonus for New Grad CSTs

Full time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Night Shift

Work every other weekend. Rotate working holidays, some call maybe required.

LeConte Medical Center Overview:

LeConte Medical Center is a part of Covenant Health, our region’s top-performing healthcare network and is a 79-bed community hospital located in the heart of Sevier County. We’re a full-service, not-for-profit hospital delivering modern medicine and compassionate care to the growing Sevier County community. LeConte offers a full range of health services, including top-tier specialists, a modern ER, and a beautiful Women’s Center. Learn more about our amazing facility at https://www.lecontemedicalcenter.com/about-leconte-medical-center/.

As you’d expect, we offer our employees a robust benefits package, including:

• unmatched medical insurance,
• tuition reimbursement;
• student loan repayment assistance,
• certification bonuses;
• leadership and professional development programs;
• an employer-matched 401(k); and
• a generous Combined Time Off (CTO) program.

OBGYN

The Dolly Parton Birthing Center at LeConte Medical Center is fully equipped with 10 LDRP beds, 9 post-partum/GYN rooms, a nursery, a 2 bed triage unit, 1 recovery room, and 1 OR Suite. This department is a family-centered birthing unit whose main goal is to provide excellent birthing experiences for patients and their families, and to promote family bonding with care and education.

Position Summary:

Facilitates patient care by assisting physicians and nursing staff before, during and after surgical procedures by creating and maintaining a sterile field and providing the instruments and supplies required by the surgeons in a sterile manner according to the established plan of patient care. Competently performs with and/or without assistance the majority of assigned cases in a given service/shift; may perform difficult or complicated cases either with or without assistance.

Recruiter: Alexa Robbins || [e-mail] || 865-374-8110

Responsibilities

• Under supervision of RN/MD, facilitates patient care by assisting the surgeon before, during and after surgical procedures by creating and maintaining a sterile field and providing the instruments and supplies required by the surgeons in a sterile manner according to the established plan for patient care; follows unit standards and processes to deliver age-appropriate care for all patients; demonstrates accountability as an individual and team member in meeting patient/family needs; participates in identifying cost-effective measures for clinical care.
• Plans, sets up, performs and cleans up the assigned surgical procedure as a circulator and/or as a scrub tech; demonstrates knowledge of equipment and instrumentation pertaining to case; safely operates special equipment which may be used in surgical cases (e.g. lasers, microscopes, tourniquets, endoscopes, drills, saws, etc.); maintains instrument and equipment integrity; performs room turn-over and terminal cleaning; utilizes supplies appropriately and in a cost effective manner.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and the ability to apply the principles of asepsis in creating and maintaining the sterile field; uses proper technique when scrubbing, gowning, gloving and setting up of sterile fields; recognizes what is sterile and what is unsterile; recognizes contamination and takes proper action to correct situation; continually monitors the sterile field and surgical team to assure that sterility is maintained.
• Assists nurse in performing sharp, sponge, and instrument counts according to policy as needed; demonstrates proper counting technique for all countables, and applies proper procedures with incorrect counts; demonstrates understanding of exceptions to counts.
• Demonstrates proper positioning techniques; knows the proper position for cases and understands the use of proper positioning aids to protect nerves, bony prominences and to maintain circulation.
• Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.

Minimum Experience:

None with certification.

Licensure Requirements:

Must hold current and active national Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) certification established by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA).