Job description
Compensation
Mount Sinai South Nassau provides a salary range in good faith determination of potential compensation to comply with the New York State law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
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** Status ** **: **Full Time 12.5 Flex
** Shift: ** 12.5 HOUR DAYS
** Department: ** D-3W Labor & Delivery
** Position Summary **
Summary: The Surgical Technologist is a trained member of the Nursing staff who performs specified Operating Room tasks under the direction of a RN. The Surgical Technologist assists in providing a surgically safe environment for each patient.
** Qualifications **
Responsibilities
Education Required • Must complete in-house orientation program • Graduated from a CAAHEP or ABHES accredited surgical technology program or • Completed a military surgical technology program or • Associates Degree • Must maintain a minimum of 15 education hours per year
Experience And Skills • Excellent interpersonal skills • Speaks, reads and writes English • Clinical experience and/or skills as relevant to area of practice. • Good oral and written communication skills. • Provides evidence demonstrating employment as a surgical technologist at MSSN for a cumulative period of one year occurring within the four years immediately prior to January 1, 2015.
License/Certifications • In accordance with NYS: (New York Laws > Public Health > New York Public Health - Article 28 - § 2824*2 Surgical Technology and Surgical Technologists) Certification (C.S.T.) is required within 12 months following successful completion of a surgical technology program • Certification (TS-C) is the alternative for individuals with verified full time hospital experience as a Surgical Technology practitioner for a cumulative period of one year occurring within the four years immediately prior to January 1, 2015 and meets the NCCT requirements for certification and successful examination. • Grandfathered by the 2015 law (see experience required above).
** Working Conditions **
Other information: Working Conditions
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worn
• Frequent, prolonged standing/walking, lifts, positions, pushes, and/or transfers patients.