Surgical Technologist - Co-Op

The surgical technologist facilitates the operative or other invasive procedure by preparing and providing the required sterile instruments, supplies and equipment. Maintains the sterile field and anticipates and responds to the needs of the surgical team.

This primary position at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware may include opportunities at the Nemours Children’s Health Surgery Centers in Pennsylvania (PA) and New Jersey (NJ) to optimize learning opportunities and capitalize on available preceptor resources. This position may require periodic rotation to Nemours Ambulatory Surgery Facilities in PA and NJ. Travel is compensated based on organizational policy.

This position requires current Pennsylvania (PA) Clearances to include PA FBI Fingerprint Report, PA Criminal Background Record, and PA Child Abuse Clearance.

This position requires working shifts aligned with the needs of the department, preceptor availability, and the assigned FTE of the surgical technologist extern. 

Responsibilities:

• Participates in scrubbing during operative and other invasive procedures by assembling supplies and equipment required for the procedure.
• Participates in pre-procedure operating room set-up adhering to established reliable method.
• Participates in confirming, preparing, and organizing requested sterile supplies and instruments for procedures with inspection and confirmation of supply and instrument sterility.
• Participates in performing accounting procedures in concert with the surgical technologist preceptor and circulating nurse per organizational policies and procedures activating escalation and taking corrective action as needed.
• Participates in preparation and placement of sterile drapes.
• Participates in providing instruments and supplies in a safe manner to the surgical team during procedures.
• Participates in maintaining a safe and organized back table and sterile field.
• Participates in ensuring sterility of the surgical field activating escalation and corrective action as needed.
• Participates in providing sterile dressings upon completion of final surgical count.
• Participates in cleaning and preparing surgical instruments for processing and transport to the sterile processing decontamination area per organizational policy and procedure.
• Participates in post-procedure operating room turn over process adhering to established reliable method.

Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in high school surgical technology program to included didactic education and clinical simulation
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association is required within 90 days from the date of hire and maintained for the duration of employment.

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.