Surgical Technologist Non Certified OR Certified

Mclaren-Health-Care; Mount Pleasant (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care is seeking a Surgical Technologist Non Certified OR Certified to assist in operating rooms, prepare patients and equipment, and maintain a sterile field. The candidate will scrub during procedures, pass instruments, and support the surgical team throughout the operation.

Required credentials include a high school diploma or equivalent and specific surgical technology training or NBSTSA/NCCT certifications.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of an accredited surgical technology training program with a minimum of one month of directly related clinical experience; OR
• Completion of the Surgical Technologist Apprentice Program with TS-C certification from NCCT within one year of program completion; OR
• NBSTSA certification with one month of related clinical experience; OR TS-C certification with two years of experience as a non-certified Surgical Technologist.

Responsibilities

• Prepares operating rooms, ensuring all equipment and supplies for the procedure are disinfected, assembled and in working order.
• Maintains the sterile field in the operating room and provides supportive care during the pre-operative phase.
• During surgery performs scrub functions including passing sterile equipment and assisting with instrument counts and specimen handling.
• Ensures rooms are clean, sterile and stocked for the next procedure and supports clerical duties as needed.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Completion of an accredited surgical technology training program with a minimum of one month of directly related clinical experience

NBSTSA certification from the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting

Tech in Surgery – Certified (TS-C) certification from NCCT

BLS certification

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Surgical Technologist Non Certified OR Certified

Assists surgeons and other medical professionals in operating rooms and similar environments. Prepares patients, rooms and equipment for pending surgical procedures. Assists during those procedures as part of the surgical team.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Prepares operating rooms, ensuring that all equipment and supplies needed for the procedure are properly disinfected, assembled and in working order.

Ensures the preparation and maintenance of the sterile field in operating room.

Provides supportive care during the pre-operative phase.

• Prepares patient's skin for surgery; moves and positions patients in the operating room; monitors vital signs and observes status.

During surgery performs scrub functions including passing sterile surgical equipment to surgeons, may cut sutures, tracking items used/performing instrument counts, collecting and labeling specimens taken and helping dress a patient's wounds. May transport patient after procedure.

• Ensures that operating rooms are clean, sterile and stocked prior to next procedure.
• Performs clerical duties such as ordering supplies, maintaining logs, pulling up and/or entering patient information, doing inventory and supporting the administrative and clerical staff as needed.
• Delivers compassionate support, attention, and assistance to patients and families.
• Ensures compliance with all health care regulations, including HIPAA and OSHA.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment and protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control, hazardous waste and other policies and protocols.
• Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of an accredited surgical technology training program with a minimum of one month of directly related clinical experience; OR
• Completion of the Surgical Technologist Apprentice Program with Tech in Surgery – Certified (TS-C) certification from the National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) within one year of program completion; OR

Two years’ experience as a Surgical Technologist

OR

• Completion of an accredited surgical technology training program and certification as a Surgical Technologist from the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) with a minimum of one month directly related clinical experience; OR
• Tech in Surgery – Certified (TS-C) certification from the National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) with two years of experience working as a non-certified Surgical Technologist.
• BLS certification.

Preferred:

• One year of experience.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26004356
• Daily Work Times: Variable
• On Call: Yes

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.