Acute Surgical Technologist | Ortho/Podiatry
Saint Cloud, MNFull-time$31.26–46.9/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
CentraCare is hiring an Acute Surgical Technologist for its Orthopedics/Podiatry team. The role prepares operating rooms for a range of surgeries, inventories surgical materials and tools, and works with physicians, CRNAs, registered nurses, and other surgical personnel to support patient care. The position is full-time, primarily on weekday day shifts, with an on-call rotation for holidays, weekends, and weekday overnights.
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Job Shift: Day
Assignment Category: Full-time regular
Hours per Pay Period: 60-80
Work From Home 100%: No
Pay Ranges: 31.26-46.90
Job Identification: 232486
Job Category: Technical
Job Schedule: Full time
On-site
Our Surgical Technologists are there to prepare for a patient’s arrival and stay in the operating room to ensure their best possible outcome. You’ll prepare operating rooms for a wide range of surgeries and procedures and inventory surgical materials and tools to assure patient safety all while working closely with physicians, CRNA’s, registered nurses, and other surgical personnel in delivering quality patient care.
Schedule:
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Full-time | 60-80 hours per two week pay period
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Mainly weekday shifts between 6 a.m.-6 p.m.
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On call rotation (off premise) for holidays, weekends and weekday overnights. Occasional on-premise call to cover ill calls.
Pay and Benefits:
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Starting pay begins at $32.03 per hour; exact wage determined by years of related experience.
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Pay range: $31.26-46.90 per hour
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Earn extra pay for working evening, night and weekend shifts.
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College grant programs available!
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Full benefits: Medical, dental, PTO, retirement, employee discounts and more!
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Up to $5,000 hiring bonus or $10,000 tuition reimbursement for eligible candidates.
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$5,000 relocation bonus for eligible candidates.
Our Teams:
Within our Surgery department you will work on one of six specialized teams. This position will be a part of our Team 2: Orthopedics/Podiatry. During the orientation process, you will cross train to all teams, so you are familiar with each.
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Team 1: Urology, GYN, Ophthalmology
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Team 2: Orthopedics, Podiatry
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Team 3: General, Bariatric, Plastics, Trauma
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Team 4: Neurosurgery, ENT, Dental, Pain
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Team 5: Cardiac, Vascular
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Team 6: Endovascular
Qualifications:
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Successful completion of an accredited Surgical Technologist program required.
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Current American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Healthcare Provider card required (can be obtained upon hire)
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Certification as a Surgical Technologist preferred.
To be eligible for the hiring bonus you must be an external candidate who is hired into an eligible full time or part time benefited position. Previous CentraCare employees qualify if they have not worked for CentraCare for at least 9 months at the date of hire.
Relocation Assistance Eligibility: Must accept a position that offers benefits and may not have worked for CentraCare in the last 9 months. Must currently reside more than 50 miles away from St. Cloud Hospital and relocate to within 30 miles of it.
CentraCare hiring incentives to include but not limited to, hiring and relocation bonuses may be discontinued at any time.
CentraCare has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. CentraCare is an EEO/AA employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,751 open Surgical Technologist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$31.26–46.9/hr
- Minnesota median$30–43/hr42 hourly ranges
- US median$28–41/hr1,127 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $39.08/hr, is 8% above the Minnesota median midpoint ($36/hr) — in the middle half of Surgical Technologist hourly ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 47 open Surgical Technologist jobs in Minnesota and 2,751 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- Surgery Care Affiliates8 open
- CentraCare (this employer)7 open
- Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital5 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 (1,191 postings).
- Education
- 6 of the 2,751 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 4, 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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