Henry Ford Health · 3 months ago
Surgical Technologist / Midnight Shift /11:00pm - 7:30am/40 Hours
Grand Blanc, Michigan
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
1+ years expHenry Ford Health is seeking a Surgical Technologist to join their Genesys Hospital team. The role involves providing technical services and assisting nursing staff and physicians during surgical procedures while ensuring compliance with established standards and maintaining a safe environment for patients and staff.
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Responsibilities
Provide technical services and assists professional nursing staff and physicians in providing patient care as assigned and directed in all types of operations
Comply with established standards and maintains department, unit, hospital policies and procedures including such things as: Quality assurance, safety, and infection control
Maintains a clean, orderly, safe environment for patients and staff
Cleans, dusts, and organizes cupboards, shelves, and equipment
Communicate and cooperate with others to achieve departmental objectives
Maintains patient rights and confidentiality of patient information
Attend required meetings, in-services, educational programs, continuing education, and self-development programs to stay abreast of current trends and demonstrates the ability to understand and perform procedures
Scrub and set up operating rooms with all necessary instruments/supplies in accordance with department policy and surgeon preferences and routines
Initials and updates doctor specific preference cards
Observe aseptic technique
Prepares and assists with surgical procedures
Cleans, decontaminates, wraps, and sterilize equipment and instruments
Performs preps in nursing units as necessary (i.e. sterile preps, bone preps, shaving etc.)
Assist in the transportation of patients
Assists scrub or circulating nurse as directed
Drape patient prepares operative site with germicides and holds retractors as requested
Suture subcutaneously, utilizes electric cautery, ties sutures utilizing one- and two-handed techniques
Performs simple clamping, retracting, and suctioning
Explain and demonstrate techniques and methods used in the operating suite to new staff
Maintain inventory, preserves and labels operative specimens, smears, cultures, and transports to laboratory for analysis
Assist employees in performing housekeeping tasks to clean the rooms following surgery (i.e. emptying hamper bags, taking care of soiled linen, and waste materials, etc.)
Keep supplies and equipment organizes and assures all unused equipment and supplies are put in the proper storage area
Work with peri-op team to provide total care and has operating knowledge of equipment and instruments needed for all surgical procedures
Demonstrate competency in all specialty areas and routinely rotates through all services
Assists OR RNs in coordinating supplies and/or operation of equipment off the field
Keeps supplies and equipment organized
Maintains, stores, and locates adequate supplies in OR, surgical suits and supply rooms
Sets up, runs, and monitors equipment to ensure proper operation; notifies supervisor or designee of equipment needing repair
Must possess interpersonal skills necessary to communicate effectively when working with physicians, staff and patients
Regular walking and the ability to stand for long periods of time
Ability to lift and move patients and perform repetitive physical activity
Qualification
Required
Certified BLS Provider specializing in Basic Life Support credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 6 Months (180 days) of hire date or job transfer date required
Preferred
Certified Surgical Assistant credentialed from the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) preferred
Completion of a recognized scrub technician college program preferred or minimum of two (2) years' experience as a Surgical Technician, or minimum of one (1) year experience working as a Certified Surgical Technician
Benefits
$7,500 Sign on Bonus
Company
Henry Ford Health
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Funding
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$40.27MKey Investors
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2018-04-09Grant· $20M
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President and CEO
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