Job Description

Are you ready to bring your clinical competencies to a world-class Medical Group known for the very highest clinical standards? Do you have a passion for the highest quality and patient satisfaction? Then please respond to this dynamic opportunity available with one of the best places to work in Southern California! We would be happy to hear from you.

The Cedars-Sinai Medical Network is committed to helping primary care and specialist physicians provide excellent care to all their patients, who benefit from convenient access to primary and specialty care physicians and seamless coordination of care between them. As a part of Cedars-Sinai, our physicians and staff are partners in quality health care from a medical center that is consistently recognized as one of the finest hospitals in the country. For the 8th consecutive year, we have been named one of the top 20 Physician Groups in Southern California by Integrated Healthcare Associates (IHA). The center, affiliated with the Cedars?Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, offers the full spectrum of cardiology care, including cardiac evaluation, heart failure management, interventional cardiology, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography and hypertension management.

Why work here?

Beyond outstanding benefits, competitive salaries and health and dental insurance we take pride in hiring the best, most passionate employees. Our talented staff reflects the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a complex, inclusive environment that fuels innovation and the gold standard of patient care we strive for.

What will you be doing in this role?

The Medical/Surgical Technician is an allied health professional who under the supervision of physician(s) supports and assists the physician(s) and clinical staff in the delivery of health care by performing a variety of patient care duties and tasks related to surgical patient needs.

• Assists in assessment of patient ability to follow directions/instructions.
• Assists in treatment and care of the surgical, pre, or post operative patient.
• Provide education involving the care and plan of treatment of the surgical patient. (i.e. proper care of wound site, bandages, sutures).
• Assist with execution of minor surgical procedures and services for the surgical patient. (i.e. inspect and adjust bandages needed for surgical, pre or post operative care).
• In the event of an emergency, apply recognized first aid procedures.
• Provides and documents patient, family education and teaching.
• Greet patients and provide an initial evaluation as needed.
• Sets up exam room/procedure rooms appropriately based on patient visit needs.
• Assist provider in examination/procedure rooms as needed.
• Assist in follow-up scheduling needs; assist in overall surgery scheduling as needed.
• Answer patient calls, questions and addresses problems in timely fashion.
• Communicates all significant clinical findings to MD.
• Serves as liaison with other departments, facilities, and hospital as needed.
• Assists with administrative support activities as delegated.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED required
• Vocational/Technical Diploma of an accredited Surgical Tech program

• 2 or more years of experience in an inpatient or outpatient medical setting with Surgical Tech specialty experience required

• Basic Life Support (BLS) required
• Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) certification required

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About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi...tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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