Travel Surgical Technologist
Great Barrington, MA
Tact Staff
5x8 hrs

BMC/FAIRVIEW will not consider travelers who reside within 50 miles of facility. COVID VACCINATION (dose date on or after 10/3/23) NOW REQUIRED FOR THIS HEALTH SYSTEM. Exemption forms are available in Trio/Downloadable Forms (Both forms REQUIRE Provider/Religious Leader Signatures), or please ask your delivery team for documents.  IF APPROVED BY HEALTHSYSTEM TRAVELER WILL WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON SITE. To avoid delays in processing, please include traveler covid vaccination card/or intent to fill out exemption form with profile submission. Thank you!    The Certified Surgical Technician, under the direction of the Operating Room Manager, is responsible for organizing services related to a specific or group of surgical specialty(ies) to ensure quality patient care, efficient and cost effective service, providing a focal point for information related to that service to ensure that staff and physicians have needed information; ensuring/providing continuity of care for all aspects of the perioperative period; and, managing all aspects of care to ensure that quality is assured, i.e. equipment availability; equipment functionality.CORI/SIR SEARCHES ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION/TO BE STARTED ASAP UPON OFFER ACCEPTANCE/Candidate fills out, Facility conducts  (Candidate cannot start assignment until these searches are resulted).For over a century, Fairview Hospital has been the trusted provider of healthcare in the southern Berkshires.  In recent years, Fairview Hospital has received national recognition as being in the top 10% of hospitals nationwide for high patient satisfaction and patient experience among its honors.        Fairview Hospital is a Joint Commission accredited community hospital which has been federally designated as a Critical Access Hospital and Massachusetts DPH Primary Stroke Center.       Fairview is a primary acute care hospital offering inpatient medical services, general surgery, orthopedics, and maternity services with 24-hour emergency and hospitalist coverage.       Fairview also provides a full range of ambulatory surgical services which include general surgery, gynecology, orthopedics, urology, plastic surgery, ophthalmology and gastroenterology.Additionally, Fairview offers outpatient ancillary diagnostic and therapeutic services, wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, physical and occupational therapy services, as well as a full range of primary care affiliated practices and clinics supporting the health and wellbeing of our community.Requested time off during the course of this assignment MUST be noted and verified at upload.  RTO REQUESTS AFTER UPLOAD WILL NOT BE APPROVED!!   NO MORE THAN 5 DAYS OF RTO WILL BE ACCEPTED (less is better).  Traveler must be willing to work TWO of the following: Thanksgiving and weekend afterChristmas Eve/Christmas Day and weekend afterNew Year Eve/New Year Day and weekend afterNonbillable Orientation:  8hrsHoliday, OT, Call-Back Multipliers:  1.25%Call:  4.00 

Submission Requirements
PLEASE DO NOT UPLOAD TRAVELERS WHO WILL NOT TAKE CALL. SCHEDULE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSTING.  PLEASE DO NOT UPLOAD TRAVELERS WHO WILL NOT WORK 8HR SHIFTS2 years current CST experience NBSTSA REQUIRED (NCCT not accepted)AT LEAST TWO SPECIFIC INTERVIEW DATES/TIMES OF AVAILABILITY FOR INTERVIEW MUST BE ADDED TO PROFILE - PROFILES WILL NOT BE PRESENTED WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION.  "ANYTIME" WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Traveler must have their own vehicle for this need.  This is a firm requirementProfile Requirements: Work HistorySkills Checklist (pertinent to position), current to 1 year 1 Supervisory Signed Reference (from within the past two years of employment)License/Certifications - Must be uploaded with profile (NBSTSA, BLS - Facility will not pend license/certs)

Certification Requirements
BLS (AHA)
NBSTSA

About the Facility
BMC is a 298-bed teaching hospital and is ranked among the safest hospitals in the nation by The Leapfrog Group, which has given BMC Straight "A" grades since the inception of Leapfrog's patient safety program, one of only 42 hospitals in the nation to achieve this honor; and recipient of both the 2017 and 2018Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award.Berkshire Medical Center offers a full continuum of medical specialties, including anesthesiology, dentistry, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, around the clock neurology and neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiation oncology, radiology, rehabilitation, substance abuse, cardiac rehabilitation, a sleep lab and others. BMC has a state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging department, with MRI, high-speed CT, ultrasound, x-ray, mammography and more, providing 24-hour service.BMC has previously been honored by Healthgrades with its DistinguBMC Home.jpgished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence and was one of Healthgrades America's Best Hospitals in 2016. BMC is a not for profit medical center fully accredited by The Joint Commission. As a medical center affiliated with Berkshire Health Systems, Berkshire Medical Center, its Hillcrest Campus and North Adams Campus serve all residents of Berkshire County, Massachusetts and communities in adjacent eastern New York, northwest Connecticut and southwest Vermont.