Surgical Technologist (ST) - Operating Room
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Job overview
Advocate Health is hiring a Surgical Technologist (ST) - Operating Room. Advocate Health seeks a Surgical Technologist to ensure quality patient care, safety, and advocacy in the operating room. The role involves critical thinking, managing case‑specific needs, maintaining instrument cleanliness, and communicating effectively with the multidisciplinary team while adhering to infection control and safety protocols.
Key focus areas include Ensure quality patient care, safety, and advocacy through critical thinking and case management, Maintain complete, accurate, and timely care, cleanliness, and management of instruments and supplies, and Communicate effectively and professionally with the multidisciplinary team, co‑workers, and patients.
Successful candidates bring Graduation From A Surgical Technology Program, Graduation From An Accredited School Of Nursing, and Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certification. Important skills include Problem Solving, Anticipation Of Case Specific Needs, Management Of Case Specific Needs, Communication, Professional Growth And Development, and Cost Containment Activities.
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Full job description
Department:
37703 Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital - Surgery Room
Status:
Full time
Benefits Eligible:
Yes
Hou rs Per Week:
40
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
Days
Pay Range:
$20.15 - $30.25
What you will need:
- Graduation from a Surgical Technology program.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification required. Certification in specialty area preferred.
Essential Functions:
- Ensures quality patient care, safety, and advocacy through critical thinking, anticipation and management of case specific needs, under direct supervision of the RN. .
- Ensures complete, accurate and timely care, cleanliness and management of instruments, equipment and supplies.
- Communicates to the team, co-workers and patients in an effective, positive and professional manner. Demonstrates effective, positive, professional manners while exercising verbal and nonverbal communication to the multidisciplinary team, co-workers, and patients.
- Takes personal responsibility and initiative for performance, professional growth and development.
- Demonstrates cost containment activities of instruments and inventory.
Skills for Success:
- Functions effectively under stressful and difficult situations
- Resilient and flexible in a changing environment
- Systems for patient safety
- Technology/informatics skills
- Practice Innovation
Work Environment:
- Possible exposure to infections and contagious diseases, hazardous anesthetic agents, body fluids and wastes
- Possible exposure to toxic chemicals and radiation
- Handles emergency or crisis situation
- Subject to many interruptions
- Highly stressful and crowded, noisy conditions
- Required Protective Equipment: Eye/face protection, gown, mask, gloves, hair covering.
Our Commitment to You:
Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:
Compensation
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Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
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Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
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Incentive pay for select positions
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Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
Benefits and more
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Paid Time Off programs
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Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
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Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
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Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
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Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
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Educational Assistance Program
Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.
About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.
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