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Certified Surgical Technician

CommonSpirit Health

London, KYJob$22.51–31.79/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$22.51–31.79/hr
Location
London, KY
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Basic Life Support CPR

Job overview

The Certified Surgical Technician prepares the operating room and surgical team for a variety of procedures. The role sets up equipment and instruments, assists the team, maintains a sterile environment, and provides direct and indirect patient care under RN supervision. It also involves processing surgical equipment and instruments and contributing to efficient department operations. The position is at Saint Joseph London, a regional hospital in London, Kentucky.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

AdaptabilityTeamworkSurgical Equipment SetupSurgical Team AssistanceSterile TechniquePatient CareEquipment Processing

Qualifications

Facility on-Site Competency Training or Formal Technical ProgramHigh School Diploma and One Year or, Endoscopy or Hospital ExperienceGED and One Year or, Endoscopy or Hospital ExperienceBasic Life Support CPR

Benefits

Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Surgical Tech, you will help prepare the operating room and surgical team so they can successfully perform a variety of surgical procedures for patients.

Every day you will set up surgical equipment and instruments, assist the surgical team, and ensure a sterile environment. You will be expected to adapt quickly, collaborate effectively within the OR team, and contribute directly to the patient's healing process.

To be successful in this role, you must possess adaptability, a strong team-player mindset, and enthusiasm for supporting complex surgical procedures.

  • Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.

  • Contributes to efficient operation of the surgical suite and department.

  • Maintains confidentiality of information in the surgical suite and department.

  • Assists in delivering high quality care services in a professional, compassionate and courteous manner with respecting the dignity and individuality of each person who comes in contact with the organization by following the Standards of Excellence, Standards of Behavior and Conduct and Standards of Professional Appearance.

  • Gives direct and indirect patient care under the supervision of the RNs.

  • Responsible for the care, handling, and processing of all of the equipment and instruments.

$20,000 Sign on bonus and up to $24,000 in educatioal assistance for eligible hires!

Job Requirements

Required

  • Other Completed Facility On Site Competency Training Specific to Department within One Year of Employment and/or Completion of Formal Technical Program, upon hire and

  • High School Graduate General Studies and One year of OR, endoscopy or hospital experience, upon hire or

  • High School GED General Studies and One year of OR, endoscopy or hospital experience, upon hire

  • Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days

Where You'll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph London, a 150-bed regional hospital founded in 1926. Located on a 52 acre healing environment, Saint Joseph London offers private patient rooms that overlook a small lake and healing garden and has been recognized as a Best Place to Work in Kentucky for five years in a row (2020-2024).

CHI Health Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.

Pay Range

$22.51 - $31.79 /hour

We are an equal opportunity employer.

How this job compares

Set against the 797 open Surgical Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$22.51–31.79/hr
  • Kentucky median$7/hr24 hourly ranges
  • US median$30–43/hr357 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $27.15/hr, is 274% above the Kentucky median midpoint ($7/hr) — in the top quarter of Surgical Technician hourly ranges in Kentucky.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 26 open Surgical Technician jobs in Kentucky and 797 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Kentucky
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Surgical Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (439 postings).
Education
4 of the 797 open Surgical Technician jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree 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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