Certified OR Tech / Surgical Tech (CST)
Saint Paul, Minnesota
United Hospital

Certified Surgical Tech (CST)

Overview

• Specialty: Surgical Services
• Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Setting: Acute Care
• Unit: 20 OR rooms
• Assignment length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Day (3x12 Hours) 6:45 19:15 / Evening (3x12 Hours) 14:45 2:45
• Hours per week: 36

Role focus

• Certified Surgical Tech (CST) for Spine and Neuro
• Case mix is heavy in spine, orthopedics, vascular, general surgery, and robotics
• 40–50 cases/day in a busy OR

Required Qualifications

• Certified Surgical Technologist with 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 Spine patients
• Experience working with Orthopedics patients
• Experience working with Vascular patients
• Experience working with General Surgery patients
• Experience working with Trauma patients
• Experience in an Inpatient setting
• Experience in a Teaching Hospital setting
• Experience with orthospine surgery

Preferred

• Ortho & General surgery experience
• Epic experience
• Experience with XI robotics

Work setting experience required

• Inpatient
• Trauma
• Teaching Hospital
• Community Hospital

General skills experience required

• Crash Cart
• Scrub
• Aseptic Technique

Additional notes

• No block schedule accommodation
• RTO ideally no more than 5 days
• Scrub color provided
• Parking is free for night shift after the first day; day/evening parking has a fee