Pediatric Clinical Education Specialist Surgical Technologist - (CMC Tower Expansion)

37782 Carolinas Medical Center - LCH: Surgery Room

Full time

Yes

40

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Pay Range:

$30.70 - $46.05

Essential Functions:

 

• Provide the highest standard of care for the perioperative patient.
• Coordinate, facilitate and manage department orientation for new teammates and students.
• Teach and facilitate teammate learning in the operating room setting.
• Aid in the advancement of clinical skills throughout the surgical setting.
• Collaborates with leadership to assess educational needs for the surgical team, licensed and non-licensed; develops and implements a plan to assist with these needs
• Utilizes adult education principles, plans, designs, and implements educational activities based on identified learning needs.
• Assist in developing and maintaining annual competency assessments for teammates.
• Serves as clinical resource for Surgical Services teammates.
• Participates in Performance Improvement Process

 

Physical Requirements

 

• Works with occasional intermittent noise and exposure to conditions such as dust, fumes, and chemicals.
• Ability to communicate and write.
• Strenuous physical effort will require walking, stretching, bending, climbing stairs, twisting, and squatting or kneeling while performing tasks.
• May have lengthy periods of standing.
• Requires frequent use of side vision, lifting, pushing, and pulling.
• Must be abletolift and support the weight of thirty-five pounds.
• Use of both hands and all fingers is required for gripping, speed work and precision during the operation equipment/instruments and movement/positioning of surgical patients.
• Vision and hearing for distances of up to twenty feet is required, depth perception and ability to distinguish basic colors is required.
• Ability to work for lengthy, or irregular work hours, rotating shifts, working on hard surfaces, being near moving equipment, changes in temperature, humidity, and exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens.
• Must be able to concentrate and apply critical thinking skills.

 

Education, Training, and Experience:

 

• Graduate of an accredited school of surgical technology required. Current certification as a surgical technologist required or 15 years of surgical tech experience.
• Minimum five-year operating room clinical experience in the scrub role
• Bachelor's Degree in leadership preferred.
• Experience in teaching and curriculum development preferred.
• CPR Certification required.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

• Incentive pay for select positions

• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs

• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.