Surgical Technician - Trainee

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Are you in your final year of the Surgical Technician associate degree and looking for a way to gain hands-on experience while earning money? We have an exciting job opportunity that could be perfect for you!

We are offering a flexible work schedule that fits around your clinicals, allowing you to earn money and learn real-life skills as you prepare for your Surgical Technician certification. This program will provide you with clinical practice designed to fully prepare you for your future role as a Surgical Technician.

Upon completion of the program, you will be required to obtain your Surgical Technician certification or associate degree. At that time, you will be promoted from the Surgical Technician, OJT position to a full Surgical Technician role.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable experience, advance your career, and secure your future as a Surgical Technician.

This program will consist of clinical practice to prepare program participants for the Surgical Technician role and certification. Following completion of the program, teammates will be required to successfully obtain their Surgical Technician certification or associate degree at that time will be promoted from the Surgical Technician, OJT position to a Surgical Technician position.

Summary:

TheSurgical Technician Trainee learns and performs the clinical rotations underthe direction and supervision of a training instructor within an accreditedSurgical Technology program. The individual is expected to complete trainingcurriculum, specified clinical rotations and specified on-the-job training. Thetrainee performs a variety of indirect and direct patient care duties. Uponsuccessful completion of the program, the individual may transition into aSurgical Technologist I role. The trainee role is a time limited position.

Responsibilities:
1. Maintains an environment of safety for patients, self and others.
2. Completes duties according to the individual needs of the patient with full consideration of patient safety needs.
3. Reviews Physician preference lists, checks supplies and instruments required for each surgical procedure.
4. Implements appropriate Instrument table set up, prepares and maintains sterile field throughout the surgical procedure.
5. Places equipment and supplies in operating room and arranges equipment, according to instructions.
6. Assists team members to place and position patient on table.
7. Hands instruments and supplies to surgeon, holds retractors, cuts sutures, and performs other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
8. Understands and complies with OR policy and procedures and protocols.
9. Puts unused supplies and instruments away at the end of the case.
10. Assists with room turn over and clean up.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* None required as long as other position qualifications are met.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* Basic Life Support Certification required
Professional Experience Requirements:
* None required
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
* Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintain ace instructions, and policy and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively communicate information and respond to questions from patients, physicians, family members and other staff. Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide all units of measure, using whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions, and to define problems, collect data.

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: Johnston Health

Organization Unit: Operating Room -

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00

Salary Range:$19.78 - $28.12 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: US:NC:Smithfield

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.