
Surgical Technologist Extern PRN
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Job overview
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. Candidates must be enrolled in an approved Surgical Technologist program and obtain Basic Cardiac Life Support within 30 days of starting employment.
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Full job description
Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a(an) Surgical Technologist Extern PRN? At HCA Florida West Hospital, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.
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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Currently enrolled in an approved Surgical Technologist program
Benefits
HCA Florida West Hospital, 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.
HCA Florida West Hospital is a 515-bed facility. We are proud to be the area's leading health care facility in quality outcomes performance. We are the area's first Accredited Chest Pain Center and Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. Our hospital is the first in the state of Florida to have earned Atrial Fibrillation with Electrophysiology Services Accreditation. We have an Advanced Primary Stroke Center. We provide a specialized Emergency Department tailored to the needs of seniors and children. We have a Kid’s ER dedicated to our youngest patients. We are the area’s only comprehensive CARF-accredited physical rehabilitation hospital. Our facility has a behavioral health facility. We offer services including cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, oncology, and orthopedics. Other services that we offer include robotic-assisted surgery, critical care, and neurology/neurosurgery. We also offer urology, gastroenterology, obstetrics, and pulmonary and rehabilitative medicine.
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.
"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Surgical Technologist Extern PRN opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your resume today to join our community of caring!
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 2,758 open Surgical Technologist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$69–97K/yr50 salary ranges
- Florida median$24–40/hr81 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 227 open Surgical Technologist jobs in Florida and 2,758 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Florida
- HCA Healthcare (this employer)69 open
- AdventHealth48 open
- BayCare Health System40 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 (1,193 postings).
- Education
- 6 of the 2,758 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 8, 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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