Surgical Care Assistant - Operating Room - Tower Health

The Surgical Care Assistant will be responsible for:

• Performing routine patient centered activities in the Surgical Suite in a manner conducive to the safety and comfort of the surgical patient.
• Involved in all phases of specialty instrumentation and equipment care, preparation, and inventory restocking.
• Performs under the supervision of the registered professional nurse.

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Education Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED

Certification and Licensure

• BLS Certification

Required Skills

• Patient Care Experience
• Excellent Communications Skills
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word

Tower Health, a regional healthcare system, serves communities across multiple counties in Pennsylvania. Its network includes Reading Hospital, Phoenixville Hospital, Pottstown Hospital, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (in partnership with Drexel University). Committed to academic medicine and training, Tower Health offers various programs, including residency and fellowship programs, the Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, and the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences. Additionally, the system provides a wide range of healthcare services, such as Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing, home healthcare via Tower Health at Home, TowerDirect ambulance and emergency response, Tower Health Medical Group, Tower Health Providers (a clinically integrated network), and Tower Health Urgent Care facilities across its service area.

WHY READING HOSPITAL?

• Reading Hospital is a Center for Bariatric Surgery, total joints, cardiac, DaVinci Robot, ENT, Ortho, GYN, Breast Stereotaxic program
• Level I Trauma Center caring for 17,000 patients undergoing surgical procedures each year.
• 24 brand new operating rooms, 6 with hybrid capabilities, including robotic surgery.
• Advancements in spinal surgery including minimally invasive procedures along with Stealth guided navigation system for brain surgery and shunt placement are found in our ORs.

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