Surgical Training Facility Technician

Welcome to Arthrex, a global medical device company and leader in new product development and medical education in orthopaedics. With a corporate mission of Helping Surgeons Treat Their Patients Better™, Arthrex has pioneered the field of arthroscopy and develops more than 1,000 innovative products and procedures each year.

Arthrex continues to experience unprecedented growth and demand for our products throughout the world; however, we remain a privately held company with a family business culture committed to delivering uncompromising quality to the health care professionals who use our products, and ultimately, the millions of patients whose lives we impact. Our employees at Arthrex are part of an extraordinary culture, where you and your work matter.

The job

We are currently expanding the team in our surgical educational facilities and have a permanent full-time Mobile Lab Technician vacancy for the right person (watch this video to dive into the environment: https://youtu.be/7tq7CnZc97o). 

Arthrex is the only company in Europe that offers training facilities in fully equipped, high-tech mobile surgical labs. This offers a unique possibility to train surgeons wherever and whenever by offering the entire Arthrex line of products at every hospital. As the surgical technician, you will play a vital role in maintaining our facilities, so they operate at peak efficiency. Responsibilities include:

• Assisting surgeons and Arthrex colleagues during surgical training workshops
• Preparing workstations with instrument setups
• Learning about new techniques and equipment setups
• Maintaining and troubleshooting medical equipment
• Keeping stock of disposable usage
• Handling human specimens

This position requires traveling across the whole Europe. The working schedule and travel itineraries will be planned several weeks in advance, in a manner that balances business needs and your personal life.

About you

• You have relevant professional background, such as OR nurse / Surgical Technician / Physiotherapist / etc.
• Experience with working in a wet lab environment.
• Willingness to do the work required – you will be travelling internationally in Europe (primarily Nordic Countries) and can spend a lot of time away from home.
• Desire to learn continuously – it is a dynamic and fast-growing field.
• Ability to take charge in a fast-paced environment. There is a lot of responsibility, but also a lot of freedom to decide your own approach on how to solve problems.
• You will work with new people every day and should be a positive communicator.
• Full Professional Proficiency in English is a must; some knowledge of Danish can be an advantage.
• You are based in Copenhagen area.

What you can expect:

We can offer you competitive compensation and benefits, and as a relatively young and fast-growing company, we offer internal development opportunities to colleagues with the right mindset and ambition. You get to be a part of a small, but flexible team and can influence working hours accordingly. You get to work in a state-of-the-art environment that is innately intriguing and if you have interest in surgery and medical procedures in general, there is unprecedented potential to learn. As a surgical technician, you get your hands all the way down into the product line and into the OR environment.

Please, review our Privacy Notice before submitting you application:

Arthrex EMEA Privacy Notice for Job Applicants