• Graduate of a School of Surgical Technology.

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
•  Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• Ability to accept responsibility and accountability to perform delegated aspects of the nursing process.
• Requires the cognitive ability and practical ability to provide nursing care appropriate to the patient population assigned, considering patient age and diagnosis with full implementation of the nursing process to include Assessment/Reassessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.
• Requires full range of motion including handling and lifting patients and/or equipment, manual and finger dexterity and eye hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive period of time.
• May require lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 pounds. May require frequent bending, squatting and kneeling.
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Requires ability to work under stressful conditions and/or irregular hours.
• Potential for exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.

• AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
• Certification as a Surgical Tech required; must be Licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine as a Surgical Tech.

• Previous experience in acute care hospital setting preferred.
• Requirements will include successful completion of orientation checklist and skills/credentials/competency requirements of specific unit.

EEOC Statement:

SOVAH Health - Danville is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color, race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, veterans' status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.