Surgical Technician Cert

CHI St. Alexius Health Devils Lake Hospital is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital accredited by The Joint Commission, licensed by the North Dakota State Department of Health, and certified by the Department of Health and Human Services for participation in the Medicare Program. Our hospital has been committed to providing patients quality medical treatment in the Lake Region area and surrounding communities since 1902.

As our Surgical Tech at CHI St. Alexius Health Devils Lake, now part of CommonSpirit Health formed between Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, you’ll prepare the operating room for a variety of surgeries. We can’t operate without you. 

The operating room (OR) runs as a team; every person on the team has an important role that directly impacts the patient. Your success in this role comes from your adaptability and enthusiasm to work with a team taking patients from a diseased process to a healing process.

What you'll do...

• Prepare the procedure room with appropriate instrumentation, equipment and supplies.
• Demonstrate competence and understanding of sterile technique, sterilization, environmental controls and decontamination of instrument and equipment.
• Establish and maintain an organized sterile field and assure team members maintain the sterile environment.
• Assists the surgeon by providing visualization of the surgical wound and assists with wound closure and application of sterile dressings.
• Demonstrate knowledge of anatomy and physiology as it relates to surgical procedures.
• Apply basic knowledge of instrumentation for each surgical service with advancement in years of service.
• Perform sponge, needle, and instrument counts in an accurate manner.

**$20,000 sign-on incentive**

• Graduate of Surgical Technologist program.
• Certification through the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) or the National Center for Competency Training (NCCT).
• Unlicensed Assistive Person (UAP) registration from the North Dakota Board of Nursing required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) issued by American Heart Association (AHA).

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