Surgical Technologist

Company: Ascension (System Office)
Location: Saginaw
Posted on: February 9, 2020

Job Description:

We Are Hiring

Surgical Technologist - Surgery - Full-Time, Day - Ascension St Mary's Hospital - Saginaw, MI

3:00-11:30 Monday - Friday, with on-call and holiday rotation

Why Join Ascension?

In Michigan, Ascension operates 16 hospitals and hundreds of related healthcare facilities that together employ over 20,000 associates. Across the state, Ascension Michigan is working together to help bring patients more resources and better care. Ascension Michigan is also committed to its community; it provided over $272 million in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty in FY2018. Ascension Michigan is dedicated to spiritually centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities.

Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, especially to those most in need. In FY2018, Ascension provided nearly $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs.

What You Will Do

As an associate with Ascension St Mary's Hospital -MI, you will have the opportunity to facilitate the safe and efficient performance of surgical procedures.

Responsibilities:

* Prepares surgical operating suite with sterile and non-sterile instruments and supplies.
* Hands required and requested instruments and supplies to surgeon during surgery.
* Assists with preparing, transporting, positioning and draping patients.
* Maintains instruments in an organized manner and monitors and tracks instruments counts throughout procedures.
* Assists surgeons provision of hemostasis during surgery.

What You Will Need

Licenses/Certifications/Registration:

* Preferred Credential(s):
* BLS Provider credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA).

Education:

* Diploma
* High school diploma/GED with 2 years of experience, or Associate's degree, or Technical degree required



Work Experience:

* None required.

Equal Employment Opportunity

SMOM/SJHS provide Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. SMOM/SJHS complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

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