Travel Surgical Technologist

Travel Surgical Technologist

American Traveler

Redwood City, California, United States

Position ID: P-773105

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Days

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 3

Start date: 2026-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

$1,670.55/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is seeking a Surgical Technologist with at least 2 years of OR experience for an acute care hospital's main OR and pavilion surgical units.

Details

• Work in a hospital OR setting with 4 beds in the main OR and 8 beds in the pavilion
• Patient population includes orthopedic total joint cases, neuro and ortho spine, cardiovascular, general, gynecology, urology, and ENT cases
• Handle 15-25 cases per day, approximately 400 cases per month, with 20-25% inpatient cases
• CV and robotic cases only assigned to techs with relevant experience
• 1:1 nurse-to-case ratio with nurses circulating; scrub experience is a plus but not required
• Uses Cerner Surginet EMR
• Variable shift starts between 6am-9am, 10 or 12 hour shift options, no evenings or weekends
• Call requirement of 1 shift per week and every 4th weekend
• Holidays covered through call rotation
• No floating required
• Anesthesia handled exclusively by anesthesiologists (no CRNAs)

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of OR experience required
• BLS certification required
• Cerner Surginet experience strongly preferred
• Active state or compact (NLC) license required for the state of submission, if applicable
• Copy of driver's license required for consideration
• Two professional references required: one supervisor from within the last 12 months worked, and one peer or supervisor from within the last 3 years worked, including dates of employment and eligibility for rehire

Additional Information

• Critical patients are transferred directly to ICU from the OR
• Charge nurse is present and does not take patients or cases
• Facility provides scrub attire
• One week of paperwork orientation followed by one week partnered with a preceptor
• OR suites follow particular and specific processes
• 26-week contracts preferred by the facility
• Scrub technicians are utilized on this unit

Hours per week: 40

Hours per shift: 10