What are the responsibilities and job description for the Surgical Technologist 3 (Surg Tech) position at Inova Health System?
Inova Alexandria Hospital Operating Room is seeking a dedicated Surgical Technologist 3 to join the team. This role will be full-time, evening rotations (x2) 8hrs & (x2) 12hrs: 3:00pm-11:30pm & 11:00am-11:30pm. Sign-on Bonus & relocation assistance eligible.
Inova is consistently ranked as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.
Surgical Technologist 3 Job Responsibilities:
- Recognizes safety hazards and initiates appropriate preventative and corrective actions.
- Anticipates the need for unscheduled procedures or unanticipated turn of events during a surgical procedure.
- Demonstrates superior knowledge in stressful and emergency situations.
- Assists with the flow of the daily operating room schedule by readily accepting assignments/reassignments.
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to professional and leadership responsibilities.
- Accepts responsibility for judgments and actions.
- Supports and participates in departmental goals, educational programs, and QI process.
- Documents evidence of at least 40 hours of self-development activities with a minimum of 12 formal contact hours.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education: High School or GED
- Experience: Two (2) years' Surgical Technologist experience.
- Licensure: Registered Surgical Technologist in the state of VA.
- Certification: Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) via NBSTSA or Tech in Surgery - Certified (TS-C) via NCCT. Basic Life Support (BLS) upon start.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience: Surgical Technologist experience in Ortho, Trauma, Neuro, Robotics, Vascular preferred.
As a recipient of federal financial assistance, Inova Health System (“Inova”) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services or benefits under any of its programs or activities, whether carried out by Inova directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Inova arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
This policy is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at 45 C.F.R. Parts 80, 84, 91 and 92, respectively.
Salary : $5,250