Job Description
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Surgical Tech, you will help prepare the operating room and surgical team so they can successfully perform a variety of surgical procedures for patients.
Every day you will set up surgical equipment and instruments, assist the surgical team, and ensure a sterile environment. You will be expected to adapt quickly, collaborate effectively within the OR team, and contribute directly to the patient's healing process.
To be successful in this role, you will need to possess adaptability, a strong team-player mindset, and enthusiasm for supporting complex surgical procedures.
- Assists the surgeon as a scrubbed member of the team by passing instruments, sponges and sutures
- Assists in assembling, preparing, cleaning, adjusting and storing equipment and supplies used in surgeries
- Assists in setting up each case and positions furniture and equipment in operating rooms appropriate to specific surgeries, which includes picking instruments and suture for each case
- Maintains a safe working environment for patient care by following standard and special cleaning procedures. Appraises the operational efficiency of all equipment and takes proper steps to solve existing problems prior to admitting patient
- Scrubs in and allows adequate time to prepare for each case
- Assists in positioning and draping of patients and gowning and gloving of physician and assistants
Required
- High School Graduate
- One year recent experience in the acute care arena as operating room scrub tech and/or combination of recent education, certification and experience required. Two years Cardiac Surgery experience required if working in CSOR, upon hire
- High School GED, upon hire
Preferred
- Graduate of an accredited school of surgical technology
- Two years recent OR experience with Redding area surgeons procedures, upon hire
Mercy Medical Center Redding offers comprehensive health care to nearly 300,000 residents in a six-county region. It is one of only two Level II trauma centers, the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and the only Joint Commission-certified Advanced Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center north of Sacramento north of Sacramento. Mercy Medical Center Redding is a 266-bed regional medical center providing inpatient and outpatient services as well as specialized cardiovascular care, stroke care, orthopedics, neurological surgery, comprehensive cancer care, maternity care, and a robust robotic surgery program. In addition, the hospital’s network of care includes Mercy Home Health and Hospice and Dignity Health Connected Living.
One Community. One Mission. One California
Qualifications
- Required
- High School Graduate
- One year recent experience in the acute care arena as operating room scrub tech and/or combination of recent education, certification and experience required. Two years Cardiac Surgery experience required if working in CSOR, upon hire
- High School GED, upon hire
- Preferred
- Graduate of an accredited school of surgical technology
- Two years recent OR experience with Redding area surgeons procedures, upon hire
Work for Warriors is a no-cost employment program of the California Military Department for Service Members, Veterans, and military family members. The Veteran Staffing Consultant for Common Spirit Health is Tracey Huerta.
Qualifications
State
Immediate Fill
Job Reference
At CommonSpirit Health, we passionately care for the most vulnerable, relentlessly innovate how and where healing can happen and believe in uniting to benefit the common good. Our expansive network spans diverse communities, uniquely positioning us to meet their changing needs, improve population health and help chart the path to health equity.
Our mission, vision and values inform every aspect of our work each day and remind us that we serve our patients, their families, our communities – and each other. Our community health, research and home health programs help us address the primary barriers to healthier communities.
Our mission
As CommonSpirit Health, we make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.
Our vision
A healthier future for all – inspired by faith, driven by innovation and powered by our humanity.
Our values
Compassion | Inclusion | Integrity | Excellence | Collaboration