Surgical Technician - Per Diem

Main Line Health • Lower Merion Township, PA

15h • Onsite

About The Position

Our Surgical Technicians play a key role in facilitating safe and successful surgeries for our patients! Under the direction of a Registered Nurse, you would check and set up instruments, perform counts, and scrub in to assist the Surgeon at the table during invasive and surgical procedures. Other responsibilities may include: handling specimens, assisting with patient positioning and transfers, and participating in OR turnover. At MLH, you are encouraged to attend MLH Education & Development Classes that offer a variety of relevant courses, tools, and resources to help achieve your personal and professional goals. On-going feedback and career development are provided by your Manager through the use of performance appraisals and 1:1 communication to further develop yourself professionally. Like our patients, the Main Line Health Family encompasses a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Just as each of our patients requires a personalized care plan, each of our employees, physicians, and volunteers, bring distinctive talents to Main Line Health. Regardless of our unique design, we all share a purpose: providing superior service and care.

Requirements

• One year of Operating Room experience required
• Successful completion of an accredited course in Operating Room Technology
• Certified Surgical Technologist (by National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting) Certification required within 60 days of date of hire, if surgical training took place on or after 12/29/2020

Nice To Haves

• Surgical Technician Certification CST Preferred if surgical technician training occurred on or before 12/29/2020 and candidate practiced clinically at any time during the two preceding years

Responsibilities

• Check and set up instruments
• Perform counts
• Scrub in to assist the Surgeon at the table during invasive and surgical procedures
• Handle specimens
• Assist with patient positioning and transfers
• Participate in OR turnover

Benefits

• Employee discounts to various activities, services and vendors
• Free parking
• MLH Education & Development Classes
• Performance appraisals
• 1:1 communication

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree