Certified Surgical Technologist
Saint Paul, Minnesota
United Hospital

Certified OR Tech / Surgical Tech (CST) – Spine and Neuro

Overview

• Specialty: Surgical Services
• Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Employment Type: Travel/Contract
• Contract Length: 11 weeks
• Shift: Day (3x12 hours), 6:45 to 19:15, or Day (3x12 hours), 10:45 to 23:15
• Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
• Facility Type: Acute care teaching hospital, Level 3 trauma center, 317 staffed beds
• Unit Details: 20 OR rooms
• Case Volume: 40-50 cases per day in a busy OR, with case mix heavy in spine, orthopedics, vascular, general surgery, and robotics
• Scrub Color: Provided

Required Qualifications

• Certified Surgical Technologist (2 years of experience)
• Certified Surgical Technologist experience within the last year
• One completed travel assignment
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• NBSTSA
• Experience working with Trauma patients
• Experience working with Spine patients
• Experience working with Orthopedics patients
• Experience working with Vascular patients
• Experience working with General Surgery patients
• Experience in an inpatient setting
• Experience in a teaching hospital setting
• Ability to scrub
• Experience with orthospine surgery
• Experience with complex general surgery

Schedule and Logistics

• Will work weekends as needed
• On-call is required as needed
• Ideally no more than 5 days of return-to-office (RTO) per week
• Not open to block scheduling
• Will float within scope to meet facility needs
• Does not float to sister facilities
• Locals accepted
• Client may cancel up to 3 shifts at any time without penalty; on-call hours do not count toward guaranteed minimum hours

Onboarding and Compliance

• Fingerprints: Minnesota DHS NetStudy fingerprint clearance is required before starting onsite. Candidates cannot start with fingerprints pending unless they have a clearance letter, a "more time needed" letter, or a DHS NetStudy clearance exemption. The DHS NetStudy questionnaire must be completed immediately after signing, and fingerprints must be completed within 2 weeks of registration.
• Background checks: Standard 7-year criminal background check (Minnesota statewide, SSN trace, counties, nationwide, sex offender, and FACIS Level 3 searches) within 1 year of start, plus EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 1 year of start. The Minnesota BCA search must be run before each new pre-start assignment.
• Health documents:

  • Physical exam within 12 months prior to start
  • Tdap required (must be given after age 11; declinations are not accepted; exemptions are reviewed case by case)
  • TB test or chest X-ray within 12 months of start
  • Measles, mumps, and rubella immunity (2 vaccines or positive titer)
  • Hepatitis B immunity (positive IgG titer, proof of 3-dose series, or signed declination)
  • Varicella immunity (positive IgG titer or 2 vaccines; declinations are not accepted)
  • 9-panel drug test (instant accepted) within 1 year of start
• OSHA/RespSafety clearance: Required before start for fit testing.
• Preorientation modules: 3-9 hours of online modules, which must be completed within 72 hours of receiving the login. The candidate will not be cleared until they are complete.
• Badge photo: Passport-style headshot on file within 48 hours of signing.
• Facility note: The campus is latex-free.