
Surgical Scrub Tech $7,500 Sign-On Bonus
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Job overview
The Surgical Technician collaborates with surgeons and the perioperative team to provide care during surgical procedures. The role prepares and maintains sterile operating-room fields, assists with procedures, and handles instruments and supplies. It follows infection-prevention standards, regulatory requirements, and facility policies. The posting lists day and evening shift options, including five-day and three-12-hour schedules.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Surgical Tech - Multiple Shifts
Days / Evenings
Shifts Open: 5 Days 6:30 to 3:00 or 3-12s
$7,500 sign on bonus for experience
Benefits:
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Student Loan Support – Up to $10,000 repayment assistance , because we invest in your future.
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Comprehensive Health Coverage – Medical, dental, and vision plans to keep you and your family healthy.
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Future Security : 401(k) with matching
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Educational Tuition Assistance
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Competitive Pay & Full Benefits – A salary and package designed to reward your expertise and dedication.
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Paid Time Off
Job Summary
The Surgical Technician collaborates with the surgeon and perioperative team to deliver high-quality patient care during surgical procedures. This role prepares and maintains sterile surgical fields, assists with procedures, and ensures instruments and supplies are used appropriately. The Surgical Technician adheres to infection prevention standards, regulatory requirements, and facility policies to support optimal patient outcomes.
Essential Functions
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Prepares and maintains the operating room for surgical cases, ensuring all equipment, instruments, and supplies are properly organized and available by applying principles of Universal Precautions, asepsis, and sterile technique.
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Assists the surgical team by anticipating the needs of the surgeon and passing instruments and supplies accurately and efficiently.
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Handles surgical instruments according to their instructions for use and ensures proper sterilization, inspection, and assembly.
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Performs point-of-use cleaning and carefully handles instruments in compliance with infection control and professional standards. Performs sponge, needle, and instrument counts with the circulating nurse to ensure patient safety.
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Assists in patient positioning, draping, and transfer methods to ensure safety and comfort during procedures.
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Maintains and updates physician preference cards, ensuring accurate supplies and instruments are available for procedures.
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Cleans, reprocesses, and sterilizes surgical instruments and equipment following established protocols.
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Contributes to perioperative team efficiency by restocking supplies, returning equipment to storage, and ensuring operating rooms are ready for subsequent cases.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
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Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
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Complies with all policies and standards.
Qualifications
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Technical School graduate of Surgical Technology or Practical Nursing program required or
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Associate Degree in Surgical Technology or Applied Sciences required
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0-2 years of operating room surgical technician experience required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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Knowledge of surgical procedures, instrumentation, and aseptic techniques.
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Strong understanding of sterilization methods and infection prevention practices.
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Ability to anticipate the needs of the surgical team and respond quickly and effectively.
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Excellent communication and teamwork skills to collaborate with the perioperative team.
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Attention to detail and organizational skills to ensure procedural accuracy and efficiency.
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Ability to manage multiple tasks in a high-pressure environment while maintaining professionalism.
Licenses and Certifications
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BCLS - Basic Life Support required
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CST - Certified Surgical Technologist preferred
INDSURGIMG
Equal Employment Opportunity
This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you are an applicant with a mental or physical disability who needs a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, contact the director of Human Resources at the facility to which you are seeking employment; Simply go to http://www.chs.net/serving-communities/locations/ to obtain the main telephone number of the facility and ask for Human Resources.
How this job compares
Set against the 789 open Surgical Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$31–44/hr351 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 11 open Surgical Technician jobs in Alabama and 789 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Community Health Systems (this employer)58 open
- Kaiser Permanente53 open
- HCA Healthcare51 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Surgical Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 452 postings).
- Education
- 5 of the 789 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 October 28, 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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