Certified Surgical Tech - Mid-Shift
Paducah, KYFull-time$7.25/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Certified Surgical Tech serves as a primary scrub person or assistant for operative procedures. The role is full-time, Monday through Friday, 11:00–19:30, with call one night per week and every fourth weekend. The technologist prepares cases, maintains the sterile field, decontaminates instruments, and collaborates with the circulating nurse to carry out appropriate interventions.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Experience Required
None
Minimum Education Required
High School Diploma/G.E.D.
Compensation
$7.25 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
Summary
Job Description:
Certified Surgical Tech
Full-Time M-F 11-19:30
Call 1 night/week and every 4th weekend
The Surgical Technologist serves as a primary scrub person or assistant for operative procedures.
Job Duties:
Scrubbing into cases and make sure instruments and supplies are available for the scheduled case.
Setting up cases ensuring that all instruments are thoroughly sterilized and maintain the sterile field during case set up.
May be asked to assist physician to cut suture material and may be asked to apply electrocautery to clamps on bleeders under the direct supervision of the surgeon.
Is responsible for gross decontamination of instruments including breaking down instruments for further cleaning in Central Sterile Processing.
Collaborates with the circulating nurse to carry out appropriate interventions.
Requirements:
Technical Diploma from a Surgical Technologist accredited program or comparable military training
Certified Surgical Tech (CST) certification is required
Eligibility for Surgical Technologist Certification
Benefits:
Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
Employee Assistance Program
Retirement plans with company match
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
R26102031
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
- 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 (1,198 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,172 of the 2,777 open Surgical Technologist jobs (42%) ask for a high school diploma 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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