Surgical Technician II - Operating Room

Lifepoint Health • Danville, VA

6h • $22 - $30 • Onsite

About The Position

SOVAH Health - Danville is seeking a full-time Surgical Tech II to facilitate the safe and efficient performance of surgical procedures. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you’ll support those in our facilities who are interfacing with and providing care to our patients and community members, positively impacting our mission of making communities healthier. SOVAH Health - Danville is a 250-bed hospital with the region's only designated Chest Pain Center & Certified Advanced Primary Stroke Center. We are an academic teaching site for residents, medical students, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and physician assistants.

Requirements

• Graduate of a School of Surgical Technology.
• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• Ability to accept responsibility and accountability to perform delegated aspects of the nursing process.
• Requires the cognitive ability and practical ability to provide nursing care appropriate to the patient population assigned, considering patient age and diagnosis, with full implementation of the nursing process to include Assessment/Reassessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.
• Requires a full range of motion, including handling and lifting patients and/or equipment, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for an extensive period of time.
• May require lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 pounds. May require frequent bending, squatting, and kneeling.
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to the normal range.
• Requires the ability to work under stressful conditions and/or irregular hours.
• Potential for exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
• AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
• Certification as a Surgical Tech required; must be licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine as a Surgical Tech.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in an acute care hospital setting preferred.
• Requirements will include successful completion of the orientation checklist and skills/credentials/competency requirements of the specific unit.

Responsibilities

• Prepares surgical operating suite with drapes, solutions, instruments, equipment, and supplies.
• Ensures good working order of equipment and instruments.
• Assists with preparing, transporting, positioning, and draping patients.
• Passes instruments to the physician during surgery.
• Continually accounts for the number and location of instruments and supplies during surgery.
• Receives and processes specimens for delivery to the laboratory.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental, and vision coverage — with medical plans starting at just $10 per pay period — as well as tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.
• Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave, and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance, and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services, and discount programs).
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree