Surgical Tech Certified

Dignity Health; Red Bluff (CA); On-site; USD 63,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff, California is seeking a Surgical Tech to prepare the operating room and support the surgical team across a variety of procedures.

You will set up instruments, pass tools to the surgeon, maintain sterile conditions, and assist with positioning and draping to ensure patient safety and efficient case flow.

Qualifications

• Adaptability and teamwork required in fast-paced OR environments.
• Ability to collaborate effectively within the OR team.
• Commitment to patient safety and sterile technique.

Responsibilities

• Assists the surgeon as a scrubbed team member, passing instruments, sponges and sutures.
• Assists in assembling, preparing, cleaning, adjusting and storing surgical equipment.

Skills

Adaptability

Team player

Collaboration

Education

Certified Surgical Technologist

Technologist in Surgery-Certified

Basic Life Support (CPR)

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Surgical Tech, you will help prepare the operating room and surgical team so they can successfully perform a variety of surgical procedures for patients.

Every day you will set up surgical equipment and instruments, assist the surgical team, and ensure a sterile environment. You will be expected to adapt quickly, collaborate effectively within the OR team, and contribute directly to the patient's healing process.

To be successful in this role, you must possess adaptability, a strong team-player mindset, and enthusiasm for supporting complex surgical procedures.

• Assists the surgeon as a scrubbed member of the team by passing instruments, sponges and sutures

• Assists in assembling, preparing, cleaning, adjusting and storing equipment and supplies used in surgeries

• Assists in setting up each case and positions furniture and equipment in operating rooms appropriate to specific surgeries, which includes picking instruments and suture for each case

• Maintains a safe working environment for patient care by following standard and special cleaning procedures. Appraises the operational efficiency of all equipment and takes proper steps to solve existing problems prior to admitting patient

• Scrubs in and allows adequate time to prepare for each case

• Assists in positioning and draping of patients and gowning and gloving of physician and assistants

Job Requirements

Required

• One year recent experience in the acute care arena as operating room scrub tech or

• combination of recent education, certification and experience and

• Certified Surgical Technologist, upon hire or

• Technologist in Surgery-Certified, upon hire and

• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire (Must be through the American Heart Association)

Preferred

• Graduate of an accredited school of surgical technology, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1906, Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital is a 76-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Red Bluff, California. Serving over 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level III Trauma Center, heart care, cancer care, and a family birth center. Additionally, St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center. It has been named a Top Rural Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for two consecutive years, one of only 16 rural hospitals in the US to achieve this award.

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Pay Range

$46.27 - $52.41 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.