Surgical Technician II - Full-time

Overview: p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #222222;"We are offering a $10,000 Sign On Bonus to new hires that meet the eligibility requirements. /span/strong/pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #222222; font-weight: 400;" /span/pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #222222; font-weight: 400;"St. Luke's Health - Memorial Hospital in Lufkin, TX, paves the way for quality innovative health care in East Texas. With hospitals in Lufkin, Livingston, and San Augustine, St. Luke’s Health provides more than a quarter of a million patient services each year. Our facility is a collaboration between St. Luke’s Health and a team of specialized physicians focused on General and Interventional Cardiology, Sports Medicine, and Orthopedics, including Total Joint Replacement and Spine Care./span/pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #222222; font-weight: 400;" /span/pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"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./span/pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #222222; font-weight: 400;" /span/pp style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000;"We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:/span/strong/pul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 11pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Health/Dental/Vision Insurance/span/lili style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 11pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Flexible spending accounts/span/lili style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 11pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Paid Time Off (PTO) /span/lili style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 11pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Tuition Assistance for career growth and development/span/lili style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 11pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Matching Retirement Programs /span/lili style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 11pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Wellness Programs/span/li/ul Responsibilities: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Assists in patient care and preparation of surgical patients; Performs scrub duties and related /spanspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"procedures; Accountable for ensuring cleaning and maintenance of supplies and equipment for selected/spanbr /span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"specialty. Performs in the advanced roles of preceptor, service specialist and instrument room liaison./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Position Responsibilities:/span/strong/pollispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Assist surgical team in the scrubbing role according CHI St. Luke's policies and procedures./span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Maintain sterile field./spanspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" /span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Report immediately any breaks in aseptic technique./span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Pass instruments, suture products, medication, and sponge materials to surgeon./span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Assist with retracting of tissue and organs, and suctioning by holding the retracting./span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Instrument that has been placed by the surgeon./span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Electrosurgical current may be applied as directed by the surgeon./span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Perform surgical counts with the RN according to policy and procedure./span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Utilize/open supplies judiciously, offers suggestions, improvements with focus on quality and cost/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"containment./span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Assure appropriate equipment and supplies are available for each procedure:/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Work closely with the instrument room as service specialist/instrument liaison to assure provision of /spanspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"quality./span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Assist in housekeeping duties as directed to insure safe patient environment and an efficient room /spanspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"turnover./span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Assist RN with circulator duties while under direct supervision./span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Work assigned shifts, responding when called upon for additional or emergency service as necessary /spanspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"and on-call according to Perioperative policies./span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Actively participate in providing 2 in-services per year at unit or service level. In-services are /spanspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"approved by the Manager prior to presentation./span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Preceptor for students and new employees. Complete preceptor orientation paperwork within /spanspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"established time frames./span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Actively participate in unit/committee meetings and is an active member of a professional /spanspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"organization./span/li/ol Qualifications: p style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Required Education/span/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"HS/GED/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Graduate of an accredited educational program for surgical /spanspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"technologists preferred/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Required Licensure/Certification/span/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Certified Surgical Technician (CST) OR /spanspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Certified Tech in Surgery – Certified (TS-C) OR /spanspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Qualifies for grandfathering under State of Texas /spanspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Department of State Health Services/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Required Work Experience/span/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"None/span/p