Job Summary
Surgical Technologist, Operating Room, Madison, Wisconsin. This position supports ophthalmology, ear, nose and throat, plastic surgery, neuro, and oral surgical procedures in a high-acuity operating room environment. Responsibilities include preparing the operating room, promoting patient safety, assisting during procedures, and maintaining surgical instruments and supplies.
Job Details
- Schedule: Day and evening 12-hour shifts, Monday through Friday, from 10:40 a.m. to 11:10 p.m., with weekend and possible holiday call responsibilities; 36 hours per week. Orientation consists of two weeks of 8-hour shifts from 6:40 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
- Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of two years of scrub experience or equivalent relevant experience.
- Graduate of a surgical technologist program or two years of experience in a surgical technologist role.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA).
- Experience supporting ophthalmology, ear, nose and throat, plastic surgery, neuro, and oral surgical procedures.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Community hospital experience.
- Trauma Level I experience.
- Additional Information:
- Supports procedures including vitrectomy, open globe repair, abdominoplasty, breast reconstruction, free-flap surgery, laparoscopic procedures, facial fracture repair, sinus surgery, radical neck dissection, tracheostomy, septoplasty, direct laryngoscopy, cochlear implants, and craniotomy.
- Experience with surgical equipment such as Constellation, Straight Shot, liposuction, Neoprobe, NIM, Piezo, Klein Pump, Stryker Navigation, and Pentero, Mitaka, and Leica microscopes is required.
- Prepares the operating room, promotes patient safety, assists the surgeon, and maintains instruments and supplies throughout surgical procedures.
- Provides care for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
- Travelers may be required to float as needed.
- Weekend call may occur every fourth or fifth weekend.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
