Surgical Technician, Birth Center Procedure Area

Elevate your surgical career at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist as a Surgical Tech (full time, nights), where cutting-edge technology and a collaborative environment converge to redefine surgical excellence. Join us in delivering exceptional patient care and advancing your skills within our dynamic academic learning healthcare system!

 

Position Highlights:

• Sign-on Bonus: $5,000 sign-on bonus eligible position! 
• Shift Schedule: 7p-7a
• Department: Birth Center Procedure Area
• Location:  Winston Salem Campus

What We Offer:

• Generous PTO: Accrual of up to 25 days/year, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.
• Education Reimbursement: We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor’s degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree.
• Wellness Incentives: Take advantage of up to $1,350 per year in wellness incentives through our LiveWELL program, prioritizing your well-being.
• Parental Benefits: We understand the importance of family, providing six weeks of paid birthing-mother maternity leave and four weeks of paid parental leave.
• Retirement: Secure your financial future with up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions.

What You’ll Need:

• Graduation from a Surgical Technology program 
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification
• Preferred: Certification in specialty area

How You’ll Impact Patient Care:

Embrace this pivotal role in patient care as you work alongside the Registered Nurse. You'll support direct patient care, prepare the Operating Room pre- and post-surgery, arrange sterile instruments, and maintain aseptic techniques. Key responsibilities of a Surg Tech include, but are not limited to:

1. Ensure top-notch patient care, safety, and advocacy by anticipating and addressing case-specific needs with sharp critical thinking under RN supervision.
2. Uphold excellence by impeccably managing instruments, equipment, and supplies, ensuring timeliness and accuracy.
3. Showcase your effective and positive communication style with the team, colleagues, and patients, fostering a collaborative atmosphere.
4. Seize personal responsibility and drive for performance, growth, and development.
5. Demonstrate savvy cost-containment practices concerning instruments and inventory.

The Ideal Candidate Will:

• Thrive under pressure, maintaining effectiveness during stressful situations.
• Exhibit resilience and adaptability in an ever-changing environment.
• Be fluent in systems for ensuring patient safety.
• Be comfortable with technology and informatics.
• Embrace innovative approaches to enhance practice.

Bring your unwavering commitment to patient care and your adept skills to enhance Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s dedication to excellence. Join us in shaping a brighter future for our patients and our team – APPLY TODAY! 

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, includi