Surgical Technologist

BJC HealthCare (New); Shiloh, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with match

Tuition assistance

Paid Time Off

Retirement contribution

Job summary

Join the Surgical Services Team at BJC Healthcare - Memorial Shiloh. The role focuses on supporting perioperative care, preparing the operating room, and ensuring all sterile supplies are ready for procedures.

You will scrub in as part of a collaborative team, assisting with cultures and specimen handling while maintaining strict cleanliness standards. The position involves a schedule from Monday to Friday with varied shifts, including on-call responsibilities and a $12,500 sign-on bonus.

Qualifications

• Surgical technician certification required or preferred.
• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• <2 years or military equivalent experience is typical for this role.

Responsibilities

• Prepares operating room for surgical patient, reviews preference cards to determine surgeon needs, obtains supplies and equipment for the procedure, ensures cleanliness of room, and assists with opening sterile supplies.
• Performs surgical scrub duties, and assists with the collection, identification, and disposition of cultures and specimens.
• Assists in turning over of room, and ensures supplies, instruments, and equipment are returned to proper location.

Skills

Teamwork

Surgical prep

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

Join the Surgical Services Team at BJC Healthcare - Memorial Shiloh. Memorial Shiloh Hospital is dedicated to your growth and development. Be a part of an environment where you can thrive!

• Schedule: Monday to Friday
• Hours: 6:45 am start - 8 or 10 hour shift
• Call: 1 weekday night a week Monday through Thursday from the time either 3:15pm or 5:15 pm (depending on the shift being 8's or 10's) to 0645 the next morning; 1 weekend call every 6th week Friday night at end of shift through Monday morning at 0645.
• Duties: scrub cases; help with daily/weekly/monthly duties along with the team as teamwork is key.
• Specialties Offered: general, GYN, orthopedics, hand surgery, urology, bronchoscopies, podiatry, and ENT. We also just got the new Intuitive DV5 robot as well.

***$12,500 Sign on Bonus***

Overview

Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Children’s at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial, offering medical and surgical services plus critical care, is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet®-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Memorial Hospital Shiloh, a 94-bed, all-private suite hospital was recognized with Magnet status in 2018 and provides emergency care, labor & delivery, nursery, medical and surgical services plus critical care.

Perioperative Services provides care and support services for the surgical and gastroenterology patients. Perioperative services provides care for the adult and pediatric patients throughout the continuum of their Perioperative stay. Procedures may be performed on both inpatient and outpatient adult surgical and gastroenterology patients.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Performs surgical duties for operating room procedures under the direct supervision of a registered nurse.

Responsibilities

• Prepares operating room for surgical patient, reviews preference cards to determine surgeon needs, obtains the necessary supplies and equipment for the procedure, ensures cleanliness of room, and assists with opening sterile supplies.
• Performs surgical scrub duties, and assists with the collection, identification, and disposition of cultures and specimens.
• Assists in turning over of room, and ensures supplies, instruments, and equipment are returned to proper location.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• High School Diploma or GED

Experience

• <2 years or military equivalent experience

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Accred Surgical Program

Licenses & Certifications

• Surgical Technician

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer