Operating Room Technician
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Job overview
The Operating Room Technician supports the surgical team by preparing operating rooms, maintaining sterile conditions, and assisting during procedures. The role uses physician preference cards to gather instruments, supplies, and equipment, maintains supplies during procedures, anticipates surgical needs, and handles sharps safely. Candidates need one year of OR experience or graduation from an accredited surgical technology program with an externship at Methodist Hospital Main, plus American Heart Association Basic Life Support.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Operating Room Tech, you will be a vital member of the surgical healthcare team, providing essential technical and supportive services within our fast-paced Operating Room environment. You will be instrumental in preparing the surgical suite, ensuring sterile conditions, and actively assisting during procedures to support optimal patient outcomes.
Every day you will meticulously set up and prepare the operating room, utilizing physician's preference cards to obtain necessary instruments, supplies, and equipment for each case.
To be successful in this role, you must demonstrate strong technical skills with a deep understanding of aseptic technique principles. You will be able to effectively communicate and collaborate as a team member, anticipate surgical needs, and maintain a safe working environment.
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Technical Skills: Competent in psychomotor skills and technical procedures.
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Responsible and accountable for using aseptic technique principles in preparation for and assisting with surgical procedures and to create and maintain a sterile field.
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Sets up and is prepared sufficiently ahead of time to prevent delays in the schedule and to facilitate case flow.
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Utilizes physician's preference cards/receipts to obtain instruments, supplies, and equipment in preparation for each case.
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Maintains adequate supplies during procedure, anticipates needs and is an active participant in surgical procedures.
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Responsible and accountable for sharps containment, safety and disposal to facilitate safe handling by assistants.
Job Requirements
Required
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One (1) year OR experience.
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Or graduate of an accredited surgical technology program with an externship at Methodist Hospital Main.
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Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association.
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.
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Pay Range
$49.44 - $49.44 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,747 open Surgical Technologist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$49.44/hr
- California median$40–54/hr77 hourly ranges
- US median$28–41/hr1,127 hourly ranges
This rate, $49.44/hr, is close to the California median midpoint ($48/hr) — in the middle half of Surgical Technologist hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 127 open Surgical Technologist jobs in California and 2,747 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Kaiser Permanente32 open
- Sutter Health20 open
- Dignity Health (this employer)17 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Surgical Technologist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (1,194 postings).
- Education
- 6 of the 2,747 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 October 31, 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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