Surgical Technologist Apprentice

Position Summary:

Under the direct supervision of a preceptor, Surgical Services Educator or department leadership provides surgical assistance in the operating room and assisting with departmental support activities following hospital and departmental policies, procedures, and standards of care.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Assists in preparing and setting up the operating room

• Assists surgical team during operative procedures

• Assists in terminal cleaning of operating rooms between cases and after the last case each day

• Creates and maintains sterile field for surgical procedures

• Assists with maintaining records, reports, and other documentation related to the work, including risk management and performance improvement reports.

• Seeks to improve quality of service by continuously developing individual and departmental competencies within scope of practice

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent;

• One day of Operating Room job shadowing

• BLS certification

Preferred:

• Surgical services or sterile processing experience

• Direct patient care experience.

Program Requirements:

• MedCerts online training – 288 hours

• In-Person OR simulation lab/sterile processing – minimum of 48 hours

• Completion of 125 cases with preceptor oversight.

o Apprenticeship program completed after successful completion of 125 cases.

• Certification as Tech in Surgery, TS-C (NCCT) within one year of completion of apprenticeship program.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26010800
• Daily Work Times: Variable
• Hours Per Pay Period: 80
• On Call: Yes
• Weekends: Yes

About Us

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.