Surgical Technician Labor & Delivery

Surgical Technologist

Shift: 3 twelve hour shifts, 7pm to 7:30am. 2 weekend shifts in a six week schedule and 50% of holidays.

Department: Labor / Delivery Capital Region Medical Center

Compensation:

• Base Pay Range: $25.32 to $39.99 per hour, based on experience
• Special Pay: Additional $2.50 per hour until June 27, 2026
• Shift Differential: Nights $2.50 per hour
• Retention Rewards: Up to $15,000
• Relocation Support: Additional $5,000 if moving from over 50 miles away
• Retention Reward (Option 1): $2,000 per year for up to 5 years, totaling $10,000
• Student Loan Repayment (Option 2): $2,000 per year toward student loans, up to 5 years, totaling $10,000
• Note: Details will be provided during the HR interview. Policy language is available upon request.

About The Job

MU Healthcare is looking for a passionate and dedicated Surgical Technologist to join our dynamic Obstetrics team at Capital Region Medical Center. The ideal candidate is compassionate, detail-oriented, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. You will play a crucial role in supporting maternal and infant care, ensuring a sterile surgical field, and assisting with newborn bonding. If you are committed to excellence and eager to make a difference in the lives of mothers and babies, we invite you to apply and become a vital part of our healthcare family. Join us in delivering exceptional care and creating lasting impacts!

About MU Health Care

MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes' Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that's largely a result of the incredible culture and team we've built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger — to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine. Our academic health system — the only in mid-Missouri — is home to seven hospitals, including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions — with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way. Learn more about MU Health Care. Learn more about living in mid-Missouri.

Employee Benefits

• Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one
• Generous paid leave and paid time off, including nine holidays
• Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years
• Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%)
• Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more
• See a comprehensive list of benefits here.

Detailed Job Description

1. Perform technical duties involving care, preparation, and maintenance of sterile and non-sterile supplies and equipment in the operating rooms in order to provide a safe and effective environment.
2. Anticipate the needs of the OB surgical team. Demonstrate appropriate OB case preparation. Establish and maintain sterile field and ensure the team maintains a sterile environment independently.
3. Assist nursing staff /ancillary staff in the transfer of patients from bed to bed, stretcher or wheelchair, pickup and delivery of patient meal trays, and assisting with patient feeding as directed.
4. Demonstrate the ability to organize workload and manage multiple tasks while maintaining a clutter-free and orderly environment including prompt answering of unit telephones and accurate delivery of messages and information to patients, families, visitors, staff, and personnel upon request.
5. Educate and train new staff members in the responsibilities of the OB technician role.
6. Perform patient position changes, placement and removal of patient equipment, daily hygiene care, fingerstick glucose checks, perform venipuncture to obtain a blood sample, maintain quality control checks, and transport lab specimens and supplies as requested.
7. Responsible for prompt response to patient call lights and addressing patient needs using positive guest relations skills while ensuring patient vital signs, intake, output, height, and weight are documented as directed.
8. Communicate effectively with patients, staff members, and physicians.
9. Correct deficiencies at the case level.
10. May complete unit/department-specific duties as outlined in department documents.

Required Qualifications

• One (1) year of experience as a surgical technologist; or completion of an accredited surgical tech program, the MU Health Care Surgical Tech program, or military training may be substituted for the experience. And one of the following:
• Is enrolled in a professional or practical nursing education program and has or will complete a Fundamentals of Nursing course within 90 days; or
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) exam registration; or
• Proof of certification as a Patient Care Technician (PCT); or
• Direct patient care experience in the past three (3) years as a medical assistant, nursing assistant, emergency medical technician, or surgical technician; or
• Completion within the last three (3) years, or will complete within 180 days, an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) training program and clinical log demonstrating 100 hours of patient care experience; or
• Nursing licensure candidate who was unsuccessful on the state licensure examinations in the past three (3) years; or
• Completion a nursing program outside the United States and is awaiting the licensure examination in this country. Patient care experience, supervised clinical log within 180 days as a condition of continued employment in this job classification.
• Patient care experience, supervised clinical log within 180 days as a condition of continued employment in this job classification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) certification by National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA), or Certified Operating Room Surgical Technician (CORST) certification by National Health career Association (NHA), or Technician in Surgery - Certified (TS-C) certification by National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT).
• Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs. Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.