Job Details
***$15000.00 SIGN ON BONUS***
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
To assist the surgical team under the direction of a professional nurse implementing skilled nursing care for neonatal pediatric adolescent adult and geriatric patients undergoing surgical procedures.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Performs assigned procedures for comfort and well-being for pediatric adolescent adult and geriatric patients
- demonstrating a concern for safety.
- Assists in updating physician reference sheets.
- Participate in the nursing care plans functioning as an effective team member.
- Demonstrates ability to scrub on all procedures minor to major.
- Communicates effectively to patients families employees and physicians utilizing both written and verbal
- communication skills.
- Responds appropriately to crisis situations as outlined in unit specific standards initiates interventions within scope of responsibility; notifies RN.
- Maintains required credentials of BCLS and mandatory inservice patients.
- Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary to provide care appropriate to neonatal pediatric adolescent
- adult and geriatric patients including knowledge of growth and development the ability to obtain and interpret
- information to identify patient needs and provide the care needed.
- Performs assigned work safely adhering to established departmental safety rules and practices.
- Reports to supervisor in a timely manner any unsafe activities conditions hazards or safety violations that
- may cause injury to oneself other employees patients and visitors.
- Performs other related duties as required.
SCHEDULE:
- Primarily Day Shift
- on-call obligation
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Graduate of an accredited approved surgical technologist program with clincal hours completed for any employee hired after 2009
- BLS Certification
SPECIAL or PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:
- BCLS certification.
- Certification by an approved certification body i.e. the Association of Surgical Technologists (AST) and/or the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) (CST) and 1 Year OR Experience
Post End Date
Jun 30 2025
EEO Posting Statement
Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination whose staff is reflective of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race color sex religion national origin sexual orientation genetic information gender identity or expression age veteran status disability pregnancy citizenship status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.