Surgical Technician Cert

Overview

In Central Minnesota, you’ll find quality health care as near to you as CHI St. Gabriel’s Health in Little Falls, part of CommonSpirit Health. We’ve been serving this area since 1892 and we have the equipment, experience, and expertise to offer you a full range of the latest health services.

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. & from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

CHI St. Gabriels Health provides you with the same level of care you provide for others. We care about our employees well-being and offer benefits that complement work/life balance.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

Health/Dental/Vision Insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft

Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits for children and/or dependent adults

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Tuition Assistance for career growth and development

Matching 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs

Wellness Program

Responsibilities

The Surgical Technologist handles surgical instruments, supplies and equipment as they are assisting the surgeon during an invasive procedure. They possess the expertise in the theory and application of sterile and aseptic technique and are responsible for the maintenance of the sterile field. They are also able to assist in sterile processing and Endoscopy areas.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

1. OR scrub tech will gather equipment and supplies for each surgical case based on surgical preference cards-scrub in, set up and organize field in a timely manner using approved techniques.

2. Keep track of needles, sponges and instruments throughout the procedure and performs counts per policy.

3. Report any breaks in sterility or techniques-speak up for patient safety.

4. Assist team members on cleaning and turnover of OR room.

5. Assist other members of the OR Team as needed

6. Demonstrates understanding of the hospitals mission and values and demonstrate that in your work.

7. Demonstrate consistent alignment with our behavior standards.

8. Models fiscal responsibility by cost effective use of resources consistent with hospital and system goals.

9. Work within unit to maintain productivity standards.

10. Other duties as assigned by leadership

Qualifications

Required

Graduate from an accredited Surgical Technologist Program

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Demonstrated understanding of safety standards in practice in OR

Preferred

Certification

One year experience in operating room

Pay Range

$26.89 – $37.41 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.