Lead Surgical Technologist | Surgery

Avera Marshall Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Primarily days with possible weekends/evenings/holidays (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$28.00 - $41.75

Position Highlights

• Paid Time Off (PTO) available on Day 1! 
• Student Loan Repayment: This position may be eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster.

• Job Satisfaction: Each day you will positively impact each patient you serve with providing direct resident care.
• Positive Work Environment: Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations and demonstrate our pride by delivering excellent care.

Work Schedule

• Day shift
• 6:45 a.m.-3:15 p.m. 80 hours/weeks
• Evening/night, weekend and holiday call rotation is based on number of staff and is divided out fairly

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

In collaboration with OR leadership, is responsible for assuring that services are provided in a safe, efficient, and cost effective manner that enhances patient, staff, and physician satisfaction. The Lead- Surgical Technician will assist in training and verifying competence of fellow surgical technicians. Helps to ensure compliance of regulations, policy management, and enhance quality of care provided to patients by identifying performance improvements that need to be made. The position performs all functions of a surgical technician and provides patient care for all age groups.

What you will do

• Works collaboratively with customers and develops positive relationships (physicians, nurses, patients, families, referral sources, and vendors) to ensure efficient and positive working environment.


• Assists in assessing new hire training/ orientation. Ensures training and competency of staff. Assists with coaching and mentoring of staff on best practices.


• Maintains and increases standards of performance and education for themselves as well as others. Follows established policies and procedures. Identifies performance improvement projects.


• Works with leadership to assure thorough understanding and compliance of quality monitoring activities.


• Assists surgeon as scrub tech according to prescribed standards.


• Manages resources of the department and hospital to ensure effective outcomes while at the same time using minimum resources to achieve those outcomes.


• Prepares routine supplies and equipment required for surgical procedure.


• Helps ensure appropriate supplies and equipment are available working with Materials Management, Vendor Representatives as well as rest of interdisciplinary team.


• Assists in care, cleanliness and maintenance of instruments, equipment, supplies.


• Assists in housekeeping duties and cleanliness of the department as directed to ensure safe patient environment.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• High School or GED Equivalent and
• Associate's Certified Surgical Technician program or surgical assistant program
• Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) - Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA) Upon Hire or
• Certified Surgical Tech (CST) - National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) Upon Hire
• 1-3 years of Operating Room experience

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• 1-3 years experience as a scrub member of surgical team

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.


• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.


• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.


• Maintain confidentiality.


• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.


• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.

• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement

• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to [email protected].