Description

American Traveler is seeking a Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) for a hospital surgical services position covering multiple service lines with on-call and weekend requirements.

Details

• Hospital setting across 12 service lines including general, vascular, gynecology, neurosurgery, orthopedic, thoracic, urology, and robotic surgery cases
• Evening shift, 4x10 hours, 1:00 PM to 11:30 PM
• 13-week assignment length
• Call required, 6 shifts per 8-week block, including weekends and holidays
• Staff will be required to float
• Scrubs provided
• Epic EMR preferred

Requirements

• CST certification required; NBSTSA preferred
• NY license required if applicable
• Minimum of 3-4 years of experience preferred, depending on specialty (Bariatrics, Vascular, Thoracic, Ortho, and Neuro require 4 years)
• Prior travel experience required; first-time travelers will not be considered
• Epic charting experience preferred
• Experience with a wide range of surgical procedures including bariatric, vascular, GYN, neuro, ortho, thoracic, urology, and robotic cases (Da Vinci Xi)
• Knowledge of aseptic technique, sharps safety, specimen handling, sterilization processes, and Universal Protocol time-out procedures
• Teaching hospital and Trauma Level II experience preferred

Additional Information

• Perform surgical technologist duties across a broad range of specialties including general surgery, vascular, GYN, neuro, ortho, thoracic, urology, podiatry, and plastics
• Support robotic-assisted procedures using the Da Vinci Xi Surgical System
• Participate in sterile processing tasks including decontamination and sterilization monitoring
• Maintain sharps safety, specimen handling, and labeling standards
• Participate in Universal Protocol time-out procedures for all cases
• Candidates must live more than 75 miles from the facility to be considered
• Candidates with more than 10 days of requested time off will not be considered
• Previous employees must wait 6 months system-wide before returning
• Local candidates are not accepted for this position