Certified Surgical Technologist
Louisville, KYFull-time$7.25/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
Baptist Health Medical Group is hiring a full-time Surgical Tech for vascular surgery in the St. Matthews area. The role supports operating-room procedures by preparing equipment and patients, maintaining aseptic technique, assisting the surgeon during operations, and helping with room turnover. The position requires an associate degree and one year of job-related experience.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
1 - 20 years
Minimum Education Required
Associates Degree
Compensation
$7.25 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
Summary
Job Description:
Baptist Health Medical Group
Surgical Tech
Vascular Surgery
St. Matthews area
Full time/First shift
Essential Duties:
Assists in transferring / positioning patients under direct supervision
Assists with room turnover
Obtains necessary equipment and positioning supplies needed for cases
Assures all scheduled and emergent cases have complete case carts
Maintains communication with operating room staff, clinical coordinators, control desk charge nurse and manager
Assists with orientation of new personnel and students as requested
Resource for other team members through orientating, mentoring, and coaching
Maintains aseptic technique while opening supplies and during surgical case
Functions as a scrubbed (clean and sterile gown) member of the patient care team
Demonstrates aseptic technique while tying, snapping surgical gowns and movement in OR suite
Assists with the preparation of preoperative site and patient draping
Performs activities required during the operation (e.g. handling of instruments, sponges, sutures, catheters, drains, dressing, etc.) under direct supervision of surgeon
Observes for and corrects breaks in aseptic technique
Handling specimens
Makes appropriate decisions utilizing evidence-based practice and demonstrates critical thinking skills
Assist is retraction of tissue and organs
Assists the physician, within scope of practice, during procedures as necessary
Transferring and irrigating with fluids
Transferring but not administering drugs within the sterile field
Assist in sponging or suctioning operative site
Preparing or cutting suture material
Performs skin closure under the direct supervision of the surgeon
Applies dressing
Minimum Education/Experience:
Associates degree required - Certified Surgical Technologist
One year of job-related experience required
CST, Certified Surg Tech, Surgical Tech, Vascular, Clinical, Practice, Health Care
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
"EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to r ace, color, national origin, gender, s exual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES
Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056."
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
R24080239
How this job compares
Set against the 2,777 open Surgical Technologist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$7.25/hr
- US median$28–40/hr1,148 hourly ranges
This rate, $7.25/hr, is 79% below the US median midpoint ($34/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Surgical Technologist hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 28 open Surgical Technologist jobs in Kentucky and 2,777 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- Baptist Health (this employer)9 open
- Aya Healthcare, Inc.6 open
- HCA Healthcare5 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Surgical Technologist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (1,198 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 125 of the 2,777 open Surgical Technologist jobs (5%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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