Certified Surgical Technician - L&D - Per Diem Nights - Jefferson Einstein Montgomery

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Certified Surgical Technician - L&D - Per Diem Nights - Jefferson Einstein Montgomery

Join the mission of Improving Lives as a Staff Nurse at Jefferson Health. With more than 42,000 employees, we're the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in the Philadelphia region. And our work to improve lives is never done.

In this role you will assume immediate responsibility for:

• Performing as a scrub tech during surgical procedures by donning sterile gown and gloves, setting up, and handing sterile supplies and instruments to the surgeon and/or assisting members of the physician team
• Working directly with and under the guidance of the surgeon and RN circulator in assuring patient safety, proper care and handling of instruments and supplies, and the maintenance of aseptic technique
• This position requires providing service to age populations neonate through elderly, in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of the functional and developmental age of the individual served
• This position includes responsibility for participating in the 24 hour/day/7 days/ week staffing to cover patients requiring elective, urgent, and emergent surgery

If you possess the following qualifications, please apply immediately:

• School or GED equivalent required
• Technical school diploma from accredited program required
• Candidate must have a minimum of 1 year experience
• Surgical Technologist Certification preferred.

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.