Surgical Technologist - Per Diem

Shriners Children's•Portland, OR

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides quality individualized patient care based on the application of scientific knowledge, surgical technologist education and interpersonal skills. Care is provided primarily during the intraoperative phase and also includes preoperative and postoperative phases of the patient's surgical experience.

Requirements

Associate in Surgical Technology
Surgical Technologist certification (CST)
Basic Life Support by start date (BLS, through American Heart Association only)
1 year experience as OR scrub

Responsibilities

Competency to create and maintain a sterile field, providing equipment and supplies, performing sponge, sharps and instruments counts.
Providing visualization of operative site.
Independently pulls cases utilizing preference sheets and OR special equipment lists.
Updates, reviews lists making changes as necessary.
Reviews cases, and equipment prior to start of case.
Is scrubbed in and has equipment prior to patient arriving into the OR suite
Verifying efficacy of equipment, operating, maintaining, verifying, and recording efficacy of equipment
Determines and documents efficacy of equipment.
Records reflect accurate description of operations, sterilization, and use of equipment
Familiar with proper assembly, operation, and disassembly of all OR equipment and attends in-service on new equipment
Attends in-service on new equipment, completes competency evaluation successful in operation and maintaining equipment used within the department

Benefits

medical coverage on their first day
403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service
paid time off
life insurance
short term and long-term disability
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans
Health Savings Account (HSA) if a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) is elected
tuition reimbursement
home & auto
hospitalization
critical illness
pet insurance