What are the responsibilities and job description for the Travel Surgical Tech/ORT - Certified Surgical Technologist/CST position at American Traveler?
Assignment Overview
- Shift: Nights, 5x8hrs
- Hours: 40 hrs/wk
- Start Date: Aug 20, 2026
- Length: 18 weeks
- Openings: 1
Description
American Traveler is seeking a Certified Surgical Technologist with 7 years of experience for a day shift, 13-week contract position in a hospital surgical services department in Paducah, KY.
Details
- Hospital surgical services department setting
- Monday through Friday, day shift hours from 6:30 AM to 3:00 PM
- On-call required 1 to 2 nights per week and every 3rd weekend
- 40 hours per week, 8 hours per day, 5 days per week
- 13-week contract
Requirements
- Minimum of 7 years of surgical technology experience required
- Completion of a CAAHEP or ABHES accredited Surgical Technology program, or a Surgical Technologist program through the United States Armed Forces
- BLS certification required
- One of the following credentials required: NBSTSA Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) or NCCT Tech in Surgery – Certified (TS-C)
- License required if applicable
- MM/DD of date of birth required for consideration
- Last 4 digits of SSN required for consideration
Additional Information
- Serves as the primary scrub person or assistant for operative procedures
- Responsibilities are divided across surgical prep, intraoperative support, post-case cleanup, and compliance with hospital policies
- Surgical prep duties include scrubbing into cases, ensuring instruments and supplies are available, setting up cases with thorough sterilization, maintaining the sterile field, and alerting the circulating nurse of any identified risks
- Intraoperative duties include passing instruments, assisting the physician, performing instrument/sponge/sharps counts, maintaining the sterile field, draping, and assisting with patient positioning
- Post-case responsibilities include gross decontamination of instruments, coordinating breakdown for Central Sterile Processing, ensuring instrument transport standards are followed, reporting damaged instruments, disinfecting the surgical suite, and restocking the room
- Must complete all mandatory hospital education and maintain compliance with HR and Employee Health requirements
Benefits:
Health Insurance, 401K Plan