NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services. At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.
Job DescriptionPurpose of Position:Under direct supervision by a Registered Professional Nurse, surgeon, or other healthcare professional, serves as part of a medical team providing surgical care to patients; facilitates the safe and effective conduct of invasive surgical procedures. There are two (2) Assignment Levels within this class of positions; all personnel perform related work.Examples of Typical Tasks:1. Prepares the Cath/EP room and sterile field for EP procedures, including setting up surgical supplies, instruments and equipment using sterile technique and ensuring that equipment is functioning properly and safely.2. Assists healthcare professional in receiving, labeling and verifying sterile solutions and medications to be administered during surgery according to established protocol; under RN guidance.3. Verifies patient's identity, correct surgical site, and correct surgical procedure.4. Assists in moving and positioning patient for procedure; adheres to established safety guidelines.5. Engages in appropriate gowning and gloving procedures in perioperative setting.6. Assists healthcare professionals to perform non-invasive preparation of the skin's surface; drapes patients for procedure.7. Assists MD throughout the operative procedure, including anticipating instrument needs. Responsible for handing instruments and other sterile supplies to surgeon; maintains accurate count of sponges, needles and instruments in perioperative setting.8. Assists in the MD's provision of hemostasis during surgery.9. Maintains and monitors surgical asepsis during all surgical procedures according to established guidelines.10. Prepares and applies bandages and sterile and non-sterile dressings to incision site; may prepare suture material as directed by MD.11. May assist with transfer of patient to recovery room following surgery; provides nursing care as necessary and appropriate.
Minimum Qualifications1. Documented designation of Grandfathered status as a Surgical Technologist; or2. Completion of an appropriate training program for Surgical Technologists in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; or3. Service in the federal government to the extent that the individual performed duties related to the practice of Surgical Technology.Surgical Technologist - Level II1. Holds and maintains a Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) credential administered by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA); or2. Successful completion of a nationally accredited educational program for surgical technologists or successful completion of an appropriate training program for surgical technology in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and holds and maintains a certified surgical technologist credential administered by a nationally accredited surgical technologist credentialing organization other than the NBSTSA, such as the National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT).NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
- Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
- Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
- Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
- Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
- College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
- Multiple employee discounts programs