About the position
At Emory Healthcare, we fuel your professional journey with better benefits, valuable resources, ongoing mentorship and leadership programs for all types of jobs, and a supportive environment that enables you to reach new heights in your career and be what you want to be. We provide comprehensive health benefits that start day 1, student loan repayment assistance & reimbursement programs, family-focused benefits, wellness incentives, ongoing mentorship, development, and leadership programs, and more. Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital CVOR has 6 OR's with 1 hybrid room. We are a Level 1 Cardiac Center with 1200+ heart cases/year. We are seeking a capable Surgical Technologist, Operating Room. This individual implements and evaluates care of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients undergoing diagnostic and invasive surgical procedures.
Responsibilities
- Plans for surgical procedure based on identified needs of surgeon and patient.
- Implements intervention for identified patient problems as related to surgical procedure and patient needs.
- Assists surgeons and nurses with patients, equipment preparation, aseptic technique, and surgical procedures in the operating room.
- Prepares the operating room for surgery by assembling routine supplies, materials, instruments, and equipment; obtains special supplies indicated by physician.
- Set up and operate a variety of specialized instrumentation, manual and powered equipment.
- Follows procedures for pre and post-operative accounting of sharps, sponges and instruments used in the surgical set up.
Requirements
- A high school diploma or equivalent.
- Graduation from an accredited surgical technology program or equivalent job training.
- Certification in Surgical Technology preferred.
- Two years multispecialty experience with one year in a complex specialty area.
- Must be able to function as a clinical expert in two or more complex specialty service lines and have the ability to float to other complex service lines as needed.
- Complex specialty areas include CVOR, Complex Neuro Procedures (aneurysm, craniotomy), Large Organ Transplant, Surg Onc (Head & Neck, Skull Based, HIPEC), and Reconstructive Surgery (e.g. TRAM Flaps).
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification in accordance with the American Heart Association required.
- CVOR Experience Needed
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs
- Family-focused benefits
- Wellness incentives
- Ongoing mentorship, development, and leadership programs
