Surgical Tech OR - Full-Time

Description

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Atlanta Medical Center, formerly Georgia Baptist Medical Center, is a 467-bed Regional Level I Trauma teaching facility sprawled across two city blocks near the heart of downtown Atlanta. Accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Atlanta Medical Center has an esteemed tradition of commitment to excellence in patient care and service to the community. The medical center provides general medical, surgical and women's services, as well as specialized programs in cardiology, oncology, perinatology, neonatology, orthopaedics, rehabilitation, psychiatry, neurosurgery, same day surgery and trauma. We are firmly committed to maintaining a tradition of excellence in teaching - combining knowledge, technique and technology in every area of modern medicine.

We are an employer of choice as well as a leader in healthcare. In 2011, Atlanta Medical Center was 1 of only 8 Tenet hospitals to receive Tenet's elite Circle of Excellence award and we were also named as one of the Top Work Places by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. AMC received the Circle of Excellence award in 2010 as well. In 2008, Atlanta Medical Center was named as one of the Top Ten Best Places to Work by the Atlanta Magazine. This ranking placed AMC as the highest in the healthcare industry. In 2006 and 2005 we again received Tenet's Circle of Excellence award. AMC was named as one of the Best Places to Make a Difference by the Atlanta Magazine in 2004. The Atlanta Business Chronicle named Atlanta Medical Center as one of the Top Five Best Places to Work in Atlanta in 2003 and in 2002 we tied for First Place as the Best Place to Work in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Atlanta Medical Center is also highly committed to providing quality services to our patients. We hold the following designations:

Bariatric Center of Excellence

Gold Plus Stroke Center (the 1 st in Georgia)

American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines: Gold in Heart Failure

American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines: Gold in Coronary Artery Disease

American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines: Gold in Stroke

AMC has a 96.5% quality rating (which exceeds state and national averages) and is a regional Level I Trauma Center that receives patients from 67 other hospitals.

Our focus is meeting the needs of our patients and their families every day. At Atlanta Medical Center, our employees work in a fast paced environment meeting a common goal of helping all those in need.

If you are interested in working for an institution where its foundation is based on providing the highest standard of patient care and customer services

Then be a Surgical Technologist with us.

At Atlanta Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center in the heart of downtown Atlanta, we look for extraordinary Surgical Technologists. Surgical Technologists are utilized in both the Operating Room and our Labor and Delivery Departments.

The Operating Room Department features 17 rooms and typical cases include general, gastric, ortho, open heart, vascular, plastic and cardiac surgeries.

Our Labor and Delivery department offers 13 LDRs, 3 private triage rooms, 3 Operating Rooms and a 5 bed recovery unit. This department averages about 300 deliveries a month.

Surgical Technologists will:

• Responsible for setting up and handling sterile supplies and instruments for the surgeon


• Anticipate the surgeon's needs, maintaining an accurate account of sponges, and assures that all team members adhere to the principles of sterile technique.

• Uses principles of aseptic technique to establish and maintain a sterile field

Most importantly, Surgical Technologist will elicit and understand the patient's and family's interpretation and impact of the illness on their physical, psychosocial, and spiritual well being.

This position will be from 11a - 11p.

Qualifications

We attribute our success to you! If you have

• Completion of accredited Surgical Technology program.


• Previous experience in a hospital setting


• CPR certification

Then please take the first step of joining our team by clicking "Apply Online"

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE: Due to the large volume of applications, we regret that we are unable to accept / return phone calls regarding application status or process. Please know that we will review every application that is submitted and will contact only those applicants that are selected for an interview.

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