OB Technologist

Description:
Could you be our next OB Technologist?

Why work as an OB Technologist with Main Line Health?

• Make an Impact! Be part of the team who welcomes babies into the world! The OB Technician will scrub for surgical procedures for C-Sections and will provide personal care and comfort to patients in the Delivery Room. When the Operating Rooms are quiet, you are trained to provide patient care for new moms / moms-to-be. Additional responsibilities will include: restocking supplies, cleaning and preparing rooms, transporting patients, and completing tasks for the health care team.
  
  
• Develop and Grow your Career! Invest in furthering your education through seeking certifications or advanced degrees by taking advantage of our Tuition Reimbursement! This position is eligible for up to $6,000 per year based upon your Full or Part Time status.
  
  
• Get Involved! Become engaged by joining hospital & system-wide Nursing Committees, Unit Councils, and precepting new OB Technicians.
  
  
• Join the Team! Like our patients, the Main Line Health Family encompasses a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Just as each of our patients requires a personalized care plan, each of our employees, physicians, and volunteers, bring distinctive talents to Main Line Health. Regardless of our unique design, we all share a common purpose: providing superior service and care.
  
  
• Position-Specific Benefits include: You are eligible for up to 120 hours of paid time off per year. We also offer a number of employee discounts to various activities, services, and vendors... And employee parking is always free!
  
  

Position: OB Tech
Shift: Minimum of 24 weekend hours per scheduling period of which 12 hours are on the weekend. Weekend shifts begin Saturday 0700 and end Monday at 0730 Commitment of a minimum of 12 holiday hours a year, which is Thanksgiving, Christmas, and or New Year's, alternating each year. Per Diem staff is required to work Christmas the first year in the pool.
Experience:
Previous surgical tech or Patient Care Technician experience preferred

Education:
Successful completion of a surgical technologist program sponsored by an entity holding nationally recognized institutional or programmatic accreditation, or through the US Army, Navy, or Air Force.

Licensures/Certifications:
1.Certified Surgical Technologist (by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical
Assisting) Certification preferred, if surgical technician training occurred on or before 12/29/2020
and candidate practiced clinically at any time during the two preceding years
2. Certified Surgical Technologist (by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical
Assisting) Certification required within 60 days of date of hire, if surgical training took place on or
after 12/29/2020.
3. MLH may employ or contract an ST who does not meet the requirements above (from section
501HB81) to practice surgical technology if: (1) after a diligent and thorough effort has been
made, the facility is unable to employ or contract with a sufficient number of qualified STs who
meet the requirements of section 501; and (2) the health care facility makes a written record of its
efforts under (1) and retains the record at the facility.

4. If employed and not certified, or in the event certification lapses, individual is required to complete
30 hours of continuing education every 2 years. The individual is required to prove, to the
satisfaction of MLH, that the 30 hours was completed. The health system will also verify
completion.