Surgical Technician

Valley View Medical Center - Fort Mohave AZ

Surgical Technician (Surg Tech)

Job Type: Full-Time | Varied

Your experience matters

Valley View Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Surgical Technician joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ^®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

More about our team

We are the Tri-State area's newest hospital but draw on decades of experience and over 100 years of heritage. Valley View is a place where the latest technology meets compassion, a hospital singularly-focused on delivering a new level of patient care.

The hospital serves the dynamic area surrounding Bullhead City, Arizona, Laughlin, Nevada, and Needles, California. It is conveniently located in Ft. Mohave, a Bullhead City suburb. In fact, the hospital is located several miles due east of the exact spot in the Colorado River where the three states come together! 

How you'll contribute

A Surg Tech who excels in this role: 

• Facilitates the safe and efficient performance of surgical procedures. 

• Prepares the surgical suite with drapes, solutions, instruments, equipment, and supplies; ensures equipment and instruments are in good working order.

• Assists with preparing, transporting, positioning, and draping patients.

• Passes instruments to physicians during surgery and continually accounts for number and location of instruments and supplies. 

• Receives and processes specimens for delivery to the laboratory. 

• Participates in performance improvement and continuing education.

• Provides quality patient care and works flexible shifts/units as needed. 

• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we're looking for

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent; Graduate of a surgical technology program preferred. 

• Experience: Minimum of 6 months prior experience in another facility.

• Physical Requirements: Frequent standing, walking, lifting/moving patients, and repetitive hand/arm movements. Regular exposure to biological and chemical hazards, including blood and bodily fluids, hazardous medications, and latex.

More about Valley View Medical Center 

Valley View opened in November 2005 as a 102,000-square-foot acute-care facility with two adjacent medical office buildings.  Growth in the area meant growth at the hospital, and Valley View's main building is now 126,000 square feet. This state-of-the-art hospital is currently licensed with 52 medical/surgical beds, 12 acute rehabilitation beds, 12 intensive care beds, and an eight-bed labor, delivery and post-partum unit, and is the only all private bed hospital serving the Bullhead City/Laughlin/Needles area. In addition to private rooms, all admitted patients have individual restrooms (including showers), cable TV and free local newspapers, and some rooms have recliner loungers for family members.

The labor/delivery/obstetrics unit has additional security and restricted access measures to ensure the safety of patients, whether adults, children or newborns.

There is a 16-bed emergency department open around the clock. The surgery department has six major operating rooms and two endoscopy suites, plus a modern, high-tech cardiac catheterization unit. The diagnostic imaging department provides all digital modalities for outpatient and inpatient testing, from digital mammograms and simple x-rays to high-tech PET-CTs for cancer detection and nuclear medicine. And Valley View's Picture Archival Communication (PAC) system provides your physicians with instant access, storage, retrieval and display of high-quality digital images.

In all, Valley View and its affiliated medical professionals provide nearly 30 medical specializations, offering big city 21st Century technology with the personal touch so refreshing in a non-urban community.

EEOC Statement

"Valley View Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Valley View Medical Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.