Certified OR Tech / Surgical Tech
Potsdam, New York
Canton-Potsdam Hospital

Certified OR Tech / Surgical Tech

Job Overview

• Specialty: Surgical Services
• Location: Potsdam, New York
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Shift: Day, 4x10 hours
• Hours per week: 40
• Contract length: 13 weeks

Key Job Details

• Robotic experience is required.
• Scrubbing experience is required.
• 1 year of experience is required.
• First-time travelers are accepted.
• Weekend and on-call rotation is required.
• There is a 20-minute call-back requirement.
• Call housing is available if living outside the required area, at additional cost.
• Local candidates within 75 miles are not accepted.
• Preferred patient populations include infants, pediatrics, and adolescents.
• Case mix includes orthopedics, ENT, general surgery, OB/GYN, urology, and podiatry.
• Scrubs are provided in grey.
• Orientation is 24 hours.

Required Qualifications

• Surgical Technologist with 1 year of experience
• Surgical Technologist experience within the last year
• BLS issued by the American Heart Association
• NBSTSA certification
• Circulating experience
• Community hospital experience
• Robotic surgical experience, including Da Vinci Xi Surgical System

Relevant Skills / Procedures

• General OR
• Endoscopic sinus procedures
• Laparoscopic-assisted cases and procedures
• Radical neck dissection
• Tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy
• Tracheostomy
• Bronchoscopy
• Colonoscopy
• EGD
• PEG tube placement/exchange
• Appendectomy
• Cholecystectomy
• Colon resection, open and laparoscopic
• Hernia repair, inguinal/umbilical
• Thyroidectomy, partial/total
• Whipple procedure
• Abdominal hysterectomy
• Bilateral tubal ligation
• C-sections
• Dilation & curettage
• Vaginal hysterectomy
• Arthroscopy
• Closed/open reduction of fractures
• Laminectomy/discectomy
• Total hip replacement
• Total knee replacement
• Ankle fusion
• Bunionectomy
• Da Vinci Xi Surgical System
• Cystoscopy
• Nephrectomy
• Prostatectomy
• TURP
• Aseptic technique
• TORS (TransOral Robotic Surgery)