Certified Surgical Technologist, PRN

Join St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho—where nationally recognized quality meets small-town heart. We’re proud to be recognized for excellence and patient safety, including an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, inclusion in Becker’s list of “Great Community Hospitals,” and U.S. News & World Report accolades for maternity care.
Here, you’ll find a teamwork-first culture, leaders who support you, and coworkers who genuinely have your back. New grads are welcome—we’re committed to training, mentoring, and helping you build confidence as you grow. And because we know great care starts with taking care of our people, we offer competitive benefits and a workplace you can feel good about.
If you’re looking for a place to do meaningful work, build a career, and feel proud serving your community—you belong at St. Joe’s

Primary Duties

• Functions as a member of the sterile team
• Assists in readying room, opening supplies, performs surgical scrub, sets up back table and prepares anticipated instruments, equipment and supplies
• Assists with draping and establishing sterile field
• Anticipates needs and passes instruments, sutures, etc., according to need
• Assures safe, sterile environment through use of scrupulous aseptic technique
• Completes Needle and sponge counts with circulating nurse
• Shares on-call rotation with other staff member

Scion Health considers a consistently positive, cooperative, self-motivated, courteous, and professional attitude to be an essential function of every position. While different positions have different primary areas of responsibility, everyone needs to work as a team, and we expect all employees to roll up their sleeves and pitch in as necessary to get the job done.

Employees must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions: (a) can get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes, (b) perform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, supervising, persuading, or speaking with others; and (c) respond appropriately to constructive feedback from a supervisor.

While this job is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g., emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

• Graduate of an accredited course
• Surgical Technician Certification (CST) is preferred at time of employment.
• Certification is required within 6-months of employment.
• At least 2-3 years of acute care hospital-based operating room experience.
• At least 2-3 years of experience in Ortho, Neuro, General Surgery, Spine & Robotics.
• Must have knowledge of principles and procedures related to surgery.

• Current BLS on first day or to be assigned by the Learning Center