Surgical Technologist students will be eligible to receive a scholarship or tuition reimbursement from the Fort Memorial Foundation to help cover the cost of their Surgical Technologist Certificate Program and certification testing requirements.
Scholarship: Intended for students who are about to start their Surgical tech program (all prerequisites completed/currently in prerequisites)
Tuition reimbursement: Intended for students who have completed some or all of their Surgical tech program
Maximum amount of Scholarship or Tuition Reimbursement is $11,000. Tuition Reimbursement is payable in increments of $5,250 per year. Scholarship and/or Tuition Reimbursement would also cover the cost of required books. Full cost of certification test will be reimbursed upon passing the certification test.
If awarded a scholarship or tuition reimbursement, you will be required to work at Fort HealthCare as a Surgical Technologist in a .8 or higher FTE for a minimum of two years post successful certification or date of hire, whichever date is later. If you resign your position prior to the end of the agreed upon two-year commitment, you may need to reimburse a portion of your tuition reimbursement or scholarship.
Fort HealthCare understands that you may have to satisfy clinicals with other facilities. If awarded a scholarship, we require that you have two rounds of clinicals with Fort HealthCare.
Additional Benefits of being awarded a Scholarship:
You can work at Fort HealthCare during your schooling which allows you paid, on-the-job training while you are in school. We offer flexible scheduling and PTO benefits to those who have at least a .1 FTE (4 hours per week)!