CHA Career Center
Fruita, Colorado
Posted: 12-Jan-23
Location: Brighton, Colorado
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 20954
You.
You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as a Surgical Technologist in Labor and Delivery.
You know how to stay organized and move fast. You respond calmly in high pressure situations.
Youâ™re generous with your thoughts, your partnership and especially your voice in the OR because your opinion matters.
Youâ™re great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.
Us.
Our Operating Room boasts 4 surgical suites. Main OR specialties include: General Surgery, Orthopedics, Podiatry, ENT, GYN, Spine and Urology.
Our Women & Infants Center offers a warm, home-like environment with a private Labor and Delivery suite that is equipped with luxurious amenities and the most advanced monitoring for our patients and their babies. We are proud to follow Baby Friendly practices and to be a Level III Trauma Center.
Platte Valley Medical Center is a partner of SCL Health which is a nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 98-bed community hospital is proud to offer comprehensive, integrated care focused on holistic health. We are proud to extend the mission of SCL Health by providing care for the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other.
Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, weâ™ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.
We.
Together weâ™ll align mission and careers, values and workplace. Weâ™ll encourage joy and take pride in our integrity.
Weâ™ll laugh at each otherâ™s jokes (even the bad ones). Weâ™ll hello and high five. Weâ™ll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.
Weâ™re proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.
Your day.
As a Surgical Tech in L&D, you need to know how to:
- Assist in nursing care and preparation of surgical patients. Assemble, organize and complete case carts according to doctorâ™s preference lists.
- Provide appropriate instrumentation, suture and all supplies as requested and provide and maintain a sterile environment. May assist surgeon by passing instruments to surgeon during cases.
- Count sponges, needles, blades and instruments using proper technique and established policy.
- Assist in maintenance and care of specimens and prepare for laboratory analysis. Handle specimens, implants, dressings, soiled instruments, contaminated materials and sharps in accordance with established policy and recommended standards of practice.
- Assist with timely turnover of rooms, including clean up, replacement and restocking of supplies and equipment. Care for instruments and equipment.
Your experience.
We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Graduate of a formal, accredited Surgical Technologist program (training in the US Military may substitute for the completion of the formal Surgical Technologist training)
- Current BLS certification endorsed by the American Heart Association or the ability to obtain within sixty (60) days of hire (with prior approval)
Preferred:
- At least one (1) year of OR scrubbing experience
- At least one (1) year of clinical experience in an accredited hospital
Your next move.
Now that you know more about being a Surg Tech in L&D on our team we hope youâ™ll join us. At SCL Health youâ™ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.
