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Vero Beach, Florida, United States
Onsite
Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class patient care at its best. Located in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast, Indian River Hospital is committed to providing optimal family- and community-focused services. Here, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work with state-of-the-art technology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
Cleveland Clinic’s Surgical Technology Apprenticeship will provide you with a pathway to becoming a Certified Surgical Technician at one of the best places to receive healthcare. In this role, you will assist in transporting patients and setting up the Operating Room, maintain and operate special equipment in the Operating Room and coordinate equipment and supplies for service specific surgical cases. You will also provide limited assistance to surgeons such as holding limbs/retractors, suctioning and sponging wounds. At the end of your apprenticeship, you will take the certification exam. Upon passing, you will have the opportunity to remain in a full-time role for one year post-
pipeline completion.
This position includes working a PRN schedule at Indian River Hospital while being enrolled in a Surgical Technology Program during Spring 2027. You may work any combination of 24 hours per month, which can include evenings, weekends or early mornings before clinicals.
The apprenticeship will begin on January 4, 2027 with a New Caregiver Orientation followed by Foundational Skills on January 5-6, 2027, Department Onboarding on January 7-8, 2027 and the official start of the apprenticeship to follow.
The pay rate for this position will be $21.00 per hour
A caregiver in this position works varying shifts Monday-Friday between 4:00AM – 9:00PM and weekends between 6:00AM – 6:30PM. Working 24 hours per month will be required.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Physical Requirements:
Personal Protective Equipment:
The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.
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