Critical Care Technician - Increased Pay Scale + Incentives!

Passionate, driven people dedicated to making a difference in healthcare, is that you? If so, we are offering full time positions with very competitive wages and guaranteed hours! Join the winning team!

SpecialtyCare continues to grow and we’d like you to grow with us. Our clinicians and technicians participate in over 350,000 surgeries each year in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. We serve more than 1,000 hospitals and support more than 13,000 surgeons. By participating in such a large number of surgeries and by working with world-class surgeons, we are the most experienced provider of outsourced clinical services in the industry. We are always interested in building our team by hiring and training smart, dedicated people who share our values and our commitment to excellence. SpecialtyCare is a National Company, based in Nashville, Tennessee.

This is a fantastic opportunity for individuals looking for patient-care experience in the fast-paced environment of a hospital. You’ll work in a variety of areas within hospitals including: OR, ICU, and procedural areas. As a crucial member of the medical staff team, you’ll provide care for patients undergoing surgery or requiring critical care. .

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Our role in the hospital is to care for patients who require surgery, bedside critical care procedures, or cath lab. SpecialtyCare University provides didactic and hands on training for all skills required for the summarized   

• Effectively operates equipment
• Prepares and operates equipment within SpecialtyCare, hospital, manufacturer and federal guidelines.
• Performs quality control and basic troubleshooting as needed.
• Promptly reports all equipment problems to appropriate source.
• Performs activities related to critical care procedures
• Ensures a safe and sterile environment for the patient.
• Practices aseptic technique, maintains sterile field and reports/corrects any breaks in sterile technique.
• Prepares the equipment, or supplies and competently assists the physician during procedures.
• Follows all SpeciatlyCare policies and procedures or hospital protocols.
• Ensures safe environment for patients and staff
• Protects self and others from injury by using equipment per manufacturer and department guidelines.
• Uses transfer lifts, transport equipment and body mechanics to protect from injury.
• Practices good habits of radiation safety.
• Other duties as assigned.

During the actual procedure, the CCT may be assigned to operate blood collection devices, such as a cell saver. Cell savers enable blood to be collected from a surgical procedure, which can then be processed to red blood cells and returned back to the patient. This reduces the need for transfusions of donated red blood cells (RBCs). For this service, the CCT’s typically monitors the machine during the operating room case. If the patient experiences significant blood loss, the CCT begins processing the blood so that it can be returned to the patient.