
Surgical Technologist Extern
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The Surgical Technologist Extern gains hands-on surgical experience alongside the operating-room team under the guidance of a Circulating RN and experienced surgical staff. The role assists throughout the surgical process and helps keep the surgical suite clean, organized, and focused on patient safety. The schedule is part-time, daytime, weekday shifts of 7–10 hours.
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Surgical Technologist Extern
Medical City Arlington
Shift: Part-time, Days (7-10 hr. shifts), Weekdays Only
Do you have the career opportunities as a Surgical Technologist Extern you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Medical City Arlington which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.
Job Summary and Qualifications
As a Surgical Technologist Extern, you’ll gain invaluable hands-on surgical experience while working alongside a highly skilled team committed to caring for and improving human life – who are eager to welcome you into our mission. Under the guidance of the Circulating RN and experienced surgical staff, you’ll expand your skills by assisting throughout the surgical process and helping ensure the surgical suite remains clean, organized, and focused on patient safety.
Your responsibilities will include:
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Organizing and stocking the operating room with instruments, supplies, and equipment to ensure each procedure is fully prepared and supported
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Assisting with patient care before, during, and after surgery, including transport, positioning, and comfort
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Supporting the surgical team during procedures by managing sterile instruments, passing tools, and helping with counts and equipment during procedures
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Helping maintain a clean, safe, and sterile environment through room turnover, restocking, and infection control practices
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Communicating clearly and compassionately with patients, families, and team members while protecting patient privacy and safety
What qualifications you will need:
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Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
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Vocational School Graduate
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No Travel Required
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No experience Required
Benefits
Medical City Arlington, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
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Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
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Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
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Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
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Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
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Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
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Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Medical City Arlington is a 435+ bed full-service hospital located in south Arlington. Our services include heart & vascular, brain & spine, emergency and trauma care. We have cancer care, orthopedics, surgical and women's services for our patients. Our women’s complex has combined clinical excellence with thoughtful amenities including luxury maternity suites and personalized delivery methods. Our culture is what sets us apart. We have formed a team that works together with purpose. We focus on delivering high-quality care in an environment filled with safety and compassion. Our team consists of over 1,400 full-time and part-time nurses, therapists, technicians and other healthcare colleagues. Medical City Arlington is proud to be a leader in Dallas/Fort Worth healthcare. We have nearly 700 skilled physicians that represent a wide variety of medical specialties. We are the official hospital of the Texas Rangers. We form a team that focuses on high-quality care in an environment filled with compassion and service. As a part of the Medical City network of hospitals and specialists, patients are ensured access to leading medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations across the network.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
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"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Surgical Technologist Extern opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,833 open Surgical Technologist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$79–97K/yr56 salary ranges
- Texas median$31–38/hr39 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 258 open Surgical Technologist jobs in Texas and 2,833 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- HCA Healthcare (this employer)101 open
- Houston Methodist29 open
- Texas Health Resources21 open
- Experience
- Surgical Technologist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (1,227 postings).
- Education
- 6 of the 2,833 open Surgical Technologist jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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