Surgical Technician: FT 7a-3:30p
Firelands Regional Medical Center
Sandusky, OHFull-timeSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Surgical Technician provides direct and indirect patient care under the supervision of a surgeon and registered nurse. The role supports routine and special surgical procedures by preparing instruments and supplies, applying aseptic and infection-control principles, and assisting with operating-room preparation and cleanup. It also requires maintaining a safe, efficient environment for surgical patients and responding effectively to stressful or emergent situations.
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Description
Position Summary:
Administers patient care to designated patients under the direction and supervision of the surgeon and a registered nurse. Performs a variety of direct and indirect patient care duties.
What You Will Do:
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Knowledgeable of all aspects of surgical techniques and step-by-step process for routine and special procedures. Displays understanding of anatomy and physiology as it relates to the operative procedures in which they tech.
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Applies the principles of asepsis and infection control in a knowledgeable manner to provide optimum patient care. Differentiates sterilization methods for special equipment and instruments necessary for special surgical procedures.
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Prepares and knows the specific uses of all instruments, equipment and supplies used for the surgical procedures. Displays dexterity in the use of surgical instruments.
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Provides appropriate preparation and conclusion for surgical procedures. This includes having surgeon preference card items in OR room, opening surgical supplies, scrubbing early enough to prepare case, assisting circulator as needed, cleaning out room at end of case and returning all items to their appropriate location.
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Provides a safe, professional, efficient environment for the surgical patient and initiates appropriate preventative and corrective action. Performs efficiently in stressful and emergent situations.
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Develops initiative in order to inquire and explore new surgical procedures and technology relating to the operating room and to the surgical patient.
What You Will Need:
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Graduate of a two year accredited program or equivalent training in Surgical Technology. BCLS certified.
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Certification of competency by national exam by the Liaison Council on Certification, the certifying body of the Association of Surgical Technologists, Inc. If not certified at time of hire, need to be eligible at time of hire. Certification is required by the first anniversary date.
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Certification maintained according to the Association of Surgical Technologists, Inc.
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Specific requirement for First Assisting Role: completion of an approved program for the surgical tech in the first assisting role.
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Ability to understand instruction and communicate effectively in both written and oral form.
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How this job compares
Set against the 811 open Surgical Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$30–44/hr356 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 24 open Surgical Technician jobs in Ohio and 811 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
- Trinity Health8 open
- ProMedica Health System6 open
- OhioHealth4 open
- Experience
- Surgical Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (449 postings).
- Education
- 5 of the 811 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 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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