Surgical Technologist

● About Facility:

o   920 Church St N, Concord, NC 28025

o Licensed for 457 beds

o Level 3 Trauma

o Stroke center of Excellence

o Bariatric center of Excellence

o Chest Pain Center

o Radius rule: Traveler’s permanent address must be 50 miles outside of home unit

● Department Information:

o 19 OR suites – 17 rooms are blocked

o About Unit Designations

▪ Bariatric Center of Excellence

▪ Advanced Spine Surgery Certification

o Avg 50 Cases per day

o Minimum Years of Experience required?5 Years

o Will you accept a first-time traveler? No

● Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:

o Surgery specialties include, Trauma, ortho trauma, ortho total joints, spine, hearts, MI vascular, GYN, GYN-Oncology, Robotics (we have three), General, HPB, Bariatrics, Urology, ENT, Eyes, Pain, Plastics

● Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.), or other position specific requirements such as Driver's License and/or Insurance:

o Surg Tech: BLS and Certification preferred but not required

● Skills required:

o Experience to scrub in the following cases: Trauma, ortho trauma, ortho total joints, spine, hearts, MI vascular, GYN, GYN-Oncology, Robotics (we have three), General, HPB, Bariatrics, Urology, ENT, Eyes, Pain, Plastics

o Neuro experience is a hard stop. Must have recent and comprehensive experience with Globus, robotic/navigation, ALIFs, TLIFs, ACDFs, Later, poster/anterior cases. Pease include in interview notes how often candidate performs these cases and overall experience with them.

o Sterile Technique

● Support within the Department:

o Service Line Clinical Supervisors, Charge nurses, Educators, ORAs, Unit Secretaries, Tech Engineers

● Technology/Equipment:

o EMR: EPIC

o Department specific Equipment: various in multiples

● Floating: If yes, where?

o No

● Orientation (facility and unit) :

o NEO

o 2 days departmental

● Scheduling:

o Weekend rotation: every 4 th weekend

▪ Weekend coverage could be in the form of call or a scheduled shift – depending on the need. Scheduled shifts are 7a-7p typically. Call is either 7a-7p or 7p-7a

o Call required: Average of 6 call shifts per 6-week schedule

▪45-minute response time

▪11p-7a or 7a-7p/7p-7a on weekends

o Holiday Expectations: Travelers will work 75% of holidays

o RTO: Manager approval

o Shift times:

▪ various depending on needs – may be any of the following:

●7a-7p, 9a-9p, 11a-11p

o Schedule cycle: every 6 weeks

● Other notes:

o Scrub Color: Provided

o Parking: Free

o Department Culture: OR Culture