Surgical Technologist II – Main OR - $15,000 Sign-on Bonus

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Full-time (4x10 hour shifts)

$15,000 Sign-on Bonus Available!

Interested in working for one of the top medical centers in New England and in a Level I Trauma Center?

The OR with 26 spacious high-tech suites may be just what you're looking for. Both inpatient and outpatient procedures are done in these ORs, care is provided to patients of all age's neonate, pediatric, adult and geriatrics.

Job Responsibilities:

• Prepares Operating Room or pre-op/post-op rooms for patient care, anticipating needs based on pre-established OR schedule. This includes, but is not limited to, obtaining supplies and equipment, maintaining anesthesia specialty carts, performing room clean-up using standards of OR infection prevention, etc.
• To ensure a clean, safe, and efficient environment for Perioperative patients, maintains established par levels for all OR, pre-op/PACU, and anesthesia supply areas, and suture carts, performs daily calibrations on anesthesia laboratory equipment, ensures availability of O2 tank and regulator for safe transfer of patients, etc.
• Positions patients for the administration of regional anesthesia, participates in the positioning of patients for surgical procedures and in the transfer of patients to stretchers, beds, and/or operating room tables, assists in the transfer of patients to/from various patient care areas and participates in patient skin preparation.
• Escorts patient families from the Operating Room after the induction of anesthesia.
• Performs point of care laboratory testing.
• Performs assessment functions and routine patient care duties, communicates pertinent patient information to appropriate clinical staff, receives and escorts/transports patients, participates in quality assurance programs/data collection as requested screens and directs telephone calls to appropriate personnel, communicates detailed information to medical staff and families, and maintains clinical charts and flow sheets.
• Participates in continuing education, orientation, committees, and quality improvement activities.

Qualifications:

• A graduate of an approved school of surgical technology or program accepted by the Association of Surgical Technologists required.

Required Licensure/Certifications:

• National certification as a surgical technician required.
• BLS Certification
• Currently Registered with the New Hampshire Board of Registration for Medical Technicians

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is the state’s only academic medical center and Level I Adult and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in NH. Why are we so unique? We are a nationally recognized Academic Medical Center set right in the middle of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We recognize that “quality of life” means different things to different people, but we are very confident you will love it here as we have beautiful, rural and suburban housing options, world-class primary, secondary, and graduate schools, hundreds of lakes, thousands of miles of hiking trails and some of the best skiing in the country. This all means you can be happy with more quality time with friends, family, pets or maybe just quiet hikes by yourself. Our idea of traffic in the “Upper Valley” of New Hampshire is a line on the ski mountain at the chair lift.

For more details and to apply:

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Dartmouth Health is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About Dartmouth Health

How can the lifestyle in New Hampshire and Vermont compliment your career? You can have amazing 4-season living with a career at one of the top health systems in the country. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock; 4 affiliated hospitals and 30 Dartmouth-Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. We are close to the urban centers of Boston, New York and Montreal, but also offer proximity to the seacoast and multiple top-tier ski mountains within a short driving distance. Throughout New Hampshire, the opportunities – both career and personal – truly make our area the ideal place to work and play.Dartmouth-Hitchcock is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without ...regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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