Surgical Tech Preceptor

Job Summary

The Clinical Preceptor responsibilities include but are not limited to teaching students, developing and maintaining clinical affiliations, supervising students in the clinical settings and maintaining records of the clinical education component.

Core Values

This position also requires adherence to CHCP's core values, which are the basic elements of how we go about our work. They are the practices we use (or should be using) every day in everything we do. Our core values are a small set of timeless guiding principles which we live by and include:

• Innovation: We embrace organizational goals and drive positive change.
• Compassion: We care about our students, their future employers, and the communities that they serve.
• Accountability: We are committed to responsibly upholding and reinforcing our values.
• Respect: We are accepting and considerate of others, regardless of background, abilities, or beliefs.
• Excellence: We execute our goals with passion and purpose and strive for the highest quality in our results.

Major Responsibilities

• Helps to maintain clinical affiliations at facilities for clinical and externship
• Coordinates schedules for clinical rotations, coordinates faculty assignments for clinical staff
• Collects records and reports, retains case logs, and clinical evaluations
• Ensures that students meet clinical affiliate requirements for the rotation in a clinical setting
• Maintains a record of grades in a formal grade book or electronic record, which is backed up and secured
• Reports academic progress of students and submits final grades to PD/Registrar
• Attends mandatory faculty meetings and in-service activities
• Maintains continuing education and professional growth activity and documentation
• Ensure compliance with all state, federal, institutional, and programmatic regulations
• Adheres to academic policies/procedures for compliance
• Assist with student advising
• Assist Clinical Coordinator with additional administrative functions as needed

Education & Experience

• Associate Degree Required
• Minimum of four years' experience as a surgical technologist
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (i.e. Excel, Outlook, and Word) and data entry
• Knowledge of Word Processing software; Spreadsheet software and Internet software.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Certificates & Licenses

• Currently certified as a Surgical Technologist from National Certification program that is accredited by the (NCCA)
• Certification, Registry and/or Licensure in field of instruction approved and recognized by state regulation agency and accrediting organization.

Benefits

St. David's South Austin Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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