Certified OR Tech / Surgical Tech (CST)

Surgical Technologist

There are exciting new opportunities at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist! We are seeking an experienced Surgical Technologist to join our regional Surgical Services Float Pool. In this position you will provide support to the Wake region ORs. If you're an experienced Surgical Technologist with a passion for surgical services you'll find a world of growth and learning opportunities awaiting you at our renowned Academic Learning Health System. With our growing Academic Learning Health System you'll be immersed in diverse learning environments granting you access to a broad range of exciting opportunities. Our commitment to mobility and career advancement ensures that we cater to your professional and personal needs at every stage of your journey.

The Surgical Technologist renders care to assigned patients under the direction of the Registered Nurse (RN) including assisting with direct patient care activities preparing and stocking the Operating Room before and after surgery gathering clean and sterile supplies setting up sterile instrument fields maintaining and monitoring aseptic techniques.

Job Requirements

• Graduation from a Surgical Technology program or from an accredited school of Nursing
• 3 years of experience strongly preferred
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification required
• Certification in specialty area preferred

Key Responsibilities

• Ensures quality patient care safety and advocacy through critical thinking anticipation and management of case specific needs under direct supervision of the RN.
• Ensures complete accurate and timely care cleanliness and management of instruments equipment and supplies.
• Communicates to the team co-workers and patients in an effective positive and professional manner.
• Takes personal responsibility and initiative for performance professional growth and development.
• Demonstrates cost containment activities of instruments and inventory.

Skills & Qualifications

Functions effectively under stressful and difficult situations. Resilient and flexible in a changing environment. Systems for patient safety. Technology/informatics skills. Practice Innovation.

Our Commitment to You

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs competitive compensation generous retirement offerings programs that invest in your career development and so much more so you can live fully at and away from work including:

• Compensation
• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications skills relevant experience and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift on call and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
• Benefits and more
• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical dental vision life and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g. full-time part-time per diem temporary etc.) please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois Atrium Health in the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation health outcomes consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte North Carolina Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology neurosciences oncology pediatrics and rehabilitation as well as organ transplants burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1000 care locations and offers one of the nations largest graduate medical education programs with over 2000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all Advocate Health provides more than 6 billion in annual community benefits.