Surgical Support Technician

Schedule Weekly Hours:

Gundersen Health System is seeking a Surgical Support Technician to join our growing and thriving organization. This is your opportunity to provide both customer service and effective engagement to patients while doing the work you love in the beautiful coulee region of La Crosse, Wisconsin

What you will get:

• Starting pay of $16.21/hour + more for experience!

• Support to grow in your career with access to our Career Development Center and Tuition Investment Program

• Shift Differentials up to an extra $2.00/hour!

• Top-rated retirement plan and healthcare benefits

• Departmental leadership that supports you as you do your best work.

• Work/Life balance to love what you do and where you live.

What's Available:

• 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week)

• Shift: Monday - Friday, 2:30PM - 11:00PM **NO WEEKENDS**

• Addition $.75/hour for PM shift!

• Department: Surgery (Platform Side)

• Location: Onsite, La Crosse (2nd Floor Heritage Building)

Schedule Example:

• 5 Shifts, 5 days a week

What you will do:

• Provide LOVE + MEDICINE to our patients through providing the best first/last impressions with top level customer service.

• Partner with a team of providers, medical professionals and managers who are here to support your success and that of our patients in their health journeys.

What you need:

• High School Diploma or equivalency

• 1 year central service processing experience or experience in a health care setting.

Gundersen Health System is healthcare for neighbors, by neighbors. While we call La Crosse home, our system has 7 hospitals and 65 clinics in neighboring communities. Inside our walls and our neighborhoods, we deliver world-class medical care combined with the right amount of love. We call it Love + Medicine and it's who we are.

Explore why La Crosse is a great place to live and work!

The Surgical Support Technician is responsible for ordering and maintaining supplies and instrumentation in the Operating Room.

Major Responsibilities:
1. Assures surgical instruments and trays are sterile and readily available for surgical procedures; prints preference cards for added cases.
2. Assists nursing staff in locating supplies and instruments.
3. Answers telephone. Uses computer for pick list and preference cards and schedules. Changes preference cards and schedule as necessary.
4. Daily instrument and supply orders. Restocking supplies upon receipt.
5. Provides general housekeeping services, monitors surgical area and keeps organized.
6. Oversees instruments and supplies on case carts.
7. Cleans and sterilizes instruments as needed.
8. Demonstrates accountability by providing high quality customer service through communication and service to the surgical staff and outside vendors as needed.
9. Uses Lawson system to order supplies.
10. Responsible for daily/weekly biological testing of sterilization equipment.
11. Uses CWS (Clinical Work Station) to respond to the requests of MD/Nurses to view and/or print operative reports to assist with the preparation of surgical procedures.
12. Adheres to regular and predictable attendance.

13. Performs other job-related responsibilities as assigned.

Education and Learning:
REQUIRED
High School Diploma or equivalency

DESIRED
Post High School education in a specialized field: Graduate of an accredited Operating Room Technician or Central Service Technician program

Work Experience:
REQUIRED
1 year central service processing experience or experience in a health care setting.

License and Certifications:
DESIRED
Certified Central Service Tech (CRCST) or Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)

Age Specific Population Served:
Nonage Specific (N/A)

OSHA Category:
Category I - All Employees in this job title have a reasonably anticipated risk of occupational exposure to blood and/or other potentially infectious materials.

Environmental Conditions:
Exposed to infectious diseases.

Physical Requirements/Demands Of The Position:
Static Standing Continually (67-100% or 8 hours)
Walking/Standing Continually (67-100% or 8 hours)
Stooping/Bending Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)
Squatting Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)
Reaching - Shoulder Level Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)
Reaching - Below Shoulder Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)
Lifting - Other Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours) Number of lbs 0-25
Push/Pull (Static Force) Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)

If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact HR-Recruitment@gundersenhealth.org or call 608-775-0267

Equal Opportunity Employer