Surgical Technologist

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Could you be our next full-time Surgical Technician at Lankenau Medical Center?

Why work as a Surgical Technician?

• Make an Impact! Our Surgical Technicians play a key role in facilitating safe and successful surgeries for our patients! Under the direction of a Registered Nurse, you would check and set up instruments, perform counts, and scrub in to assist the Surgeon at the table during invasive and surgical procedures. Other responsibilities may include: handling specimens, assisting with patient positioning and transfers, and participating in OR turnover.
• Develop and Grow your Career! Invest in furthering your education through seeking certifications or advanced degrees by taking advantage of our Tuition Reimbursement! This position is eligible for up to $6,000 per year based upon your Full or Part Time status.
• Join the Team! Like our patients, the Main Line Health Family encompasses a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Just as each of our patients requires a personalized care plan, each of our employees, physicians, and volunteers, bring distinctive talents to Main Line Health. Regardless of our unique design, we all share a purpose: providing superior service and care.
• Position-Specific Benefits include: You are eligible for up to 120 hours of paid time off per year based on your Full or Part Time status. Surgical Techs are eligible for $4.25/hr for On-Call pay. We also offer a number of employee discounts to various activities, services, and vendors... And employee parking is always free!

Position: Surgical Technician

Shift: 36 hours: Day Shift: 7am - 7:30pm

Experience:

One year of Operating Room experience preferred.

Education:

Successful completion of an accredited course in Operating Room Technology.

Licensures/Certifications:

Surgical Technician Certification (CST) Preferred.

Certified Surgical Technologist (by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting) Certification preferred, if surgical technician training occurred on or before 12/29/2020 and candidate practiced clinically at any time during the two preceding years

Certified Surgical Technologist (by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting) Certification required upon hire if surgical training took place on or after 12/29/2020

MLH may employ or contract an ST who does not meet the requirements above (from section 501HB81) to practice surgical technology if: (1) after a diligent and thorough effort has been made, the facility is unable to employ or contract with a sufficient number of qualified STs who meet the requirements of section 501; and (2) the health care facility makes a written record of its efforts under (1) and retains the record at the facility.