Career and Education

Part Time opening in our Operating Room or Labor & Delivery Departments.

Full Time opening in our Operating Room. 4x10s variable evening shift.

We are not looking for job seekers… we’re looking for change makers.

We know that your best work happens when you live your best life and share your unique talents. We will do everything we can to make your career dreams a reality at Salem Health.

When you join the team at Salem Health, you become a part of something bigger than yourself. Our ambitious change makers save lives every day through their commitment to Care with Respect.

Your Role With Us:

As an integral part of the surgical team, you will ensure that the operating room environment is safe and sterile, that equipment functions properly, and that the operative procedure is conducted under conditions that maximize positive patient outcomes. Your passion for patient care and safety will drive your preparation of sterile solutions and medications used in surgery as you assemble and operate instruments, equipment and supplies while demonstrating empathy and utilizing strong communication skills.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes all the items you would expect from an employer of choice, plus some special surprises:

Total Rewards Offerings:

The basics:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Basic and voluntary life insurance
• Short and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(K) retirement plan with employer contributions
• Generous paid time off (PTO) accrual, including 7-paid holidays, and holiday pay

The bonuses:

• Relocation assistance for qualified candidates
• Dining discounts in our state-of-the-art, full service onsite restaurant
• Prescription and OTC medication discounts through our on-campus pharmacy
• An impressive perks program that offers employee pricing for services and seasonal discounts at retailers such as Nike, Adidas and Carhartt
• Education assistance program
• No-fee onsite fitness center with 24/7 badge access
• Live Well Wellness Program
• Public service loan forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer

Successful candidates will have:

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) issued through the American Heart Association (AHA)

And will follow any one of three paths:

Path I: Completion of an Accredited Educational Program

• Completion of an educational program for surgical technologists accredited by a national accreditation organization that is approved by the Oregon Health Authority; and
• Holds a current surgical technologist certification issued through the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA); or, obtains certification through the NBSTSA within twelve months of program completion

Path II: Completion of a US Military Surgical Technologist Training Program

• Provides documentation showing completion of a training program for surgical technologists in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or Coast Guard of the United States or in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; and
• Demonstrates that sixteen hours of approved continuing education was completed every two years

Path III: Experience

• Provides documentation demonstrating practice of surgical technology during at least two of the years between January 1, 2014 and January 1, 2017; and
• If experienced in the state of Oregon, must also demonstrate that sixteen hours of continuing education was completed every two years since 1/1/2017

We look forward to receiving your application!

This is one of many excellent opportunities available at Salem Health! Please visit our career page at https://www.salemhealth.org/about/careers.

Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status or condition protected by law.

Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact my.recruiter@salemhealth.org.

About Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics

Salem Health is a not-for-profit health system that includes Oregon's award-winning Salem Health main campus in Salem, a regional referral center; Salem Health West Valley, a critical-access hospital; and Salem Health Medical Group family medicine clinics and specialists. Salem Health is guided by a 15-member volunteer Board of Trustees. The health system is the area's largest private employer, with approximately 4,000 full- and part-time employees. The doctors and hospital staff members provide high-quality, compassionate care to people in and around Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley. SALEM HEALTH – Salem Campus Salem Health is a Level II trauma center and one of the largest acute-care hospitals in Oregon with 454 acute-care beds. The hospital has 465 physicians on the active medical staff, representing 46 different specialties. In 2010, Salem Health's Salem campus received the coveted Magnet award for excellence in patient care. Only 6 percent of U.S. Hospitals have this honor from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. In 2009, Salem Health became the first hospital in Oregon and one of just 22 hospitals nationwide to become a two-time winner of the Beacon Award for Cr...itical Care Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. In May 2011, Salem Hospital became the only Oregon hospital to earn one of the first-ever sustained improvement awards given by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for achievement in eliminating two serious hospital infections.

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