*OR Tech
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee
Kankakee, ILContract$23.72/hrPosted 2w agoStill listed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Operating Room Tech prepares sterile supplies and instruments for assigned procedures, maintains the sterile field during cases, and provides surgeons with sterile supplies and instruments. The role is in the Surgery department with a variable shift. Candidates need a high school diploma or equivalent or related experience, ORT training or qualifying experience, surgical scrubbing experience, and a current BLS certificate.
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Overview
Department: SURGERY
Shift: Variable
Location: Kankakee, IL
Responsibilities
The Operating Room Tech is responsible for the preparation of sterile supplies and instruments for each assigned procedure, maintaining sterile field during case and providing surgeon with sterile supplies and instruments during assigned procedures.
Qualifications
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING
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High School Diploma or Equivalent or related experience required for new hires effective April 2014.
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Graduate of an ORT training program or on the job training with a minimum of 3 years experience (surgical setting preferred).
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Experience in scrubbing minor and major procedures in the generalized surgical specialties, (i.e., GYN, General and Plastics).
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Experience in scrubbing at least minor procedures in the specialty surgical areas (i.e., ortho, neuro, ENT, Uro. Etc.).
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Current BLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current.
The company is dedicated to empowering its staff with a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, allowing them the freedom to customize their benefits to fit their unique needs. Our abundant resources, programs, and voluntary options serve as a foundation for individual growth and well-being. Learn more here: https://www.primehealthcare.com/benefitsthatmattermost/
Pay Transparency
St. Mary's Hospital - Kankakee offers competitive compensation and a reasonable compensation estimate for this role is $23.72. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.
Employment Status Per Diem Shift Variable Equal Employment Opportunity
Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf
How this job compares
Set against the 2,821 open Surgical Technologist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$23.72/hr
- Illinois median$24–38/hr61 hourly ranges
- US median$28–40/hr1,185 hourly ranges
This rate, $23.72/hr, is 25% below the Illinois median midpoint ($32/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Surgical Technologist hourly ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 64 open Surgical Technologist jobs in Illinois and 2,821 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Trinity Health9 open
- Advocate Health7 open
- Carle Health6 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — more than three in four Surgical Technologist postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 1,216 postings).
- Education
- 6 of the 2,821 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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