Surgical Technologist PRN Labor and Delivery

Introduction

Do you have the PRN career opportunities as a(an) Or Tech PRN Labor and Delivery you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join LewisGale Medical Center which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay.
• Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Retail readiness and rollover services and preferred banking partnerships.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence).

Job Summary and Qualifications

• Work under the supervision of the Labor & Delivery leadership team to assist in proper care, handling, assembly, decontamination, and sterilization of instruments.
• Scrub cases as it relates to the unit scope of care.
• Don appropriate attire required by hospital and OSHA policies.
• Create and maintain a sterile field.
• Able to scrub routine cases with no assistance.
• Demonstrate knowledge of surgical anatomy and understanding of instrumentation and procedures.
• Able to anticipate basic needs of surgeon/assistant.
• Able to anticipate when to initiate closing counts.
• Label all medications on the sterile field.
• Demonstrate complete knowledge of instrumentation/sequence of procedure.
• Able to scrub independently on small to moderate and specialty cases.
• Able to anticipate the needs of the surgeon.
• Assist the Registered Nurse with circulating duties.
• Show knowledge of circulating components/responsibilities as evidenced by completion of skills checklist.
• Able to assist primary circulator in his/her role.
• Place cautery dispersive electrode on appropriate body parts knowing to check bony prominences; and for metal implants/assess need for shaving at bovie sight.
• Apply principles of standard and transmission based precautions.
• Maintain a safe environment for personnel and patients.
• Absorb needed medications from drug cart and pharmacy for circulator.
• Able to assist the primary circulator with little or no prompting and attend to needs of other staff members, anesthesia, surgeon and patient.
• Assume responsibility to check the following cases of the day for accuracy and location of needed instrumentation.

Qualifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support, or BCLS Instructor must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Certified Surgical Technician (CST).
• Basic Cardiac Life Support, or BCLS Instructor must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.