Surgical Technologist - FT Evenings

Northwell Health; City of Poughkeepsie (NY); On-site; USD 49,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health, a major health system in the New York region, is hiring a Surgical Technologist for full-time evening shifts at the Poughkeepsie location. The role focuses on scrub nursing across neonatal to geriatric patients, within the Operating Room department of Vassar Brothers Medical Center.

Requirements include a CST certification and at least one year of relevant OR experience, with the ability to stand for long periods and lift heavy loads.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: One year of medical/surgical and/or Operating Room experience.
• License: Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) through NBSTSA.

Responsibilities

• Serve as scrub nurse assisting with nursing care activities and surgical services for a specific patient group, aligned with department and hospital policies.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills to care for patients across the designated ages.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Surgical Technologist Opportunity!

Full Time Evenings!

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State's largest private employer with over 104,000 employees - including members ofNorthwell Health Physician Partners- who are working to change health care for the better.

Job Summary

• Assumes responsibility and accountability for functioning as the scrub nurse in assisting with the nursing care activities and surgical services provided to a specific group of neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult or geriatric patients consistent with the philosophy, goals, policies and procedures of the Nursing Department and Hospital Administration. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide appropriate care to the age of the patient served on the nursing unit or by patient care department.

Qualifications

• Education: Requires high school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: One year of previous medical/surgical and/or Operating Room experience.
• License: Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) required through a nationally accredited educational program, such as National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA).

Working Conditions

• Physical: Requires prolonged standing, walking, or other constant physical movements on a routine basis; requires considerable physical effort on an intermittent basis as in lifting, pulling or pushing unwieldy loads (heavy, bulky, awkward, more than 40 lbs.).
• Mental: Occasional compensated overtime may impose home and social life inconvenience, even though predictable on most occasions and regular volume of work and deadlines impose strain on routine basis.
• Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
• Occupational: Significant occupational risk
• Physical Effort: Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force
• Physical Environment: Significant exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.
• Company: Vassar Brothers Medical Center
• Org Unit: 1461
• Department: Operating Room
• Exempt: No
• Salary Range: $35.86 - $46.36 Hourly

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY-12604