Surgical Technologist - FT Days

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); In loco; USD 34.000 - 48.000; Tempo pieno

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Descrizione del lavoro

LCMC Health in New Orleans, LA is seeking a Surgical Technologist to support the operating room team and ensure safe surgeries. You’ll assist with patient positioning, sterile prep, and instrument handling, acting as an extra pair of hands for the surgeon as needed.

Minimum requirements include graduation from an accredited Surgical Technologist program and current BLS. Sign-on bonus available; DAY shifts. Join a community-focused team delivering compassionate care.

Competenze

• Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program.
• Current BLS certification is required; surgical experience preferred.
• Sign-on bonus available for eligible candidates.

Mansioni

• Assist the circulating nurse with patient positioning and site preparation.
• Establish and maintain an organized sterile field and handle instruments.
• Prepare the operating room with sterile supplies, instruments, and sutures.
• Scrub, gown, glove, drape and count according to policy with the team.
• Serve as first scrub on basic surgical cases when needed.
• Anticipate surgeon needs and assist with retracting tissue and passing instruments.

Conoscenze

Surgical Technologist experience

Sterile technique

Team collaboration

Formazione

Graduate of accredited Surgical Technologist program

Strumenti

Surgical instrument handling

Descrizione del lavoro

Your job is more than a job. As a trusted member of the operating room team, your top priority as a Surgical Technologist is a safe surgery for every patient. You’re the watch dog in the OR protecting patients from harm by maintaining a sterile environment. It’s all about preparation and anticipation, ensuring the instrumentation and equipment is there when the surgeon needs it. As a Surgical Tech, you’re an extra pair of hands when needed passing out surgical instruments, positioning the patient, or sometimes, holding retractors if the surgeon asks. Stress? Not a problem, you say, because you thrive on responsibility, focus on the little things, and organize like nobody’s business. And that’s what we love about you. Your experiences, knowledge, skills, your empathy, compassion, personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this crucial surgical team role.

Your Everyday Assist the circulating nurse with patient positioning, confirmation/preparation of operative site, care of operative specimens and room turnover. Establish and maintain an organized sterile field. Use proper sterilization methods for instruments prior to procedures. Understand asepsis and the standards and techniques to addressing asepsis and takes corrective action when any unsafe practice, conditions or breaks occur. Prepare the operating room with sterile supplies, instruments, and sutures. Follow policies for scrubbing, gowning, gloving, draping and counting with the circulating nurse. Perform the role of first scrub on basic surgical cases. Anticipate the needs and assists the surgeon with retracting tissue, holding instrumentation and cutting suture.

The Must-Haves Minimum: Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist program Current BLS certification Preferred: Surgical Technician certification Previous experience as a surgical technologist Sign-on Bonus Available! WORK SHIFT: Days (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary Touro Touro, at the forefront of medical excellence within LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, has been regionally recognized for 165 years as one of New Orleans' most enduring healthcare monuments. It’s where babies come from and New Orleanians are cared for. Learn more about Touro and our Leapfrog “Grade A” Hospital Safety distinction

Your extras Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work. Be honest and real, but with compassion. Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one‑size‑fits‑all, think one‑of‑a‑kind care. See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective. Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here. LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

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About LCMC Health

One‑of‑a‑kind care comes from one‑of‑a‑kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra‑extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond. If you’re the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Let’s make every day extraordinary, together.