OR Support Technician

Marquette General Hospital is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a OR Technician joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

A OR Technician who excels in this role:

• Prepare and maintain surgical instruments in the OR suite and ensures their proper set-up, assists surgical team during the surgical procedure(s).
• Understands the procedures being performed and can anticipate the needs of the surgeon by passing instruments and supplies during procedure.
• Transport to decontamination room upon completion of the surgical procedure.
• Handles instruments and supplies correctly and ensures their proper functioning.
• Responsible for all instruments, maintaining them in good working order, and assuring the availability of needed instruments to do all surgical cases.
• Maintains sterile field and counts all instruments, sponges, needles etc, needed for each case.
• Has necessary knowledge and ability to ensure quality patient care during operative procedures.
• Cleans, assembles, and prepares instruments, equipment, and supplies for sterilization when needed.
• Follows proper sterilization processes.
• Participates in testing and recording of all Biotesting for the sterilizers and autoclaves in the department as needed.
• Responsible for confirming equipment while in the OR/Procedure room. Sterile field has been appropriately processed/sterilized.

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits
  :
  Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO
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  Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth
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  Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being
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  Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development
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  Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

• Education:
  
  High School Diploma or equivalent
  - Required
• Graduate of a surgical technology program
  - Preferred.
• Experience:
  
  Minimum of 6 months prior experience in another facility.
• License/
  
  Certifications:
  
  Certification from clinicals completed required; BCLS Required.

As a 222-bed specialty care hospital, UP Health System – Marquette receives patients from across the UP and provides care in 65 specialties and subspecialties. Its medical staff of more than 200 doctors work as a team with its more than 1,800 employees in caring for approximately 9,000 inpatients and more than 350,000 outpatients per year.

Marquette’s major services include its Heart & Vascular Institute, Cancer Center, Brain & Spine Center, Rehabilitation Center, Behavioral Health, Digestive Health, Bariatric Medicine & Weight Management Center and Women’s Health, Family Birthing, and Pediatrics Center.

The hospital also provides the region’s premier services in imaging, surgery and laboratory and is home to the UP-Telehealth Network, a leading telehealth network in the…