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Surgical Technologist - Operating Room

Mosaic Life Care

Occupation: Surgical Technologists

Location: Saint Joseph, MO - 64501

Job Type: Full Time (30 Hours or More), Night/Graveyard Shift

Posted: 05/22/2026

Positions available: 1

Source: Mosaic Life Care

Web Site: www.mymlc.com

Job #: 18965

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Work Onsite

Full Time

Schedule

Full Time

Shift

Night / Graveyard Shift

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The Surgical Technologist works under the supervision of leadership. Performs and functions as a member of the surgical team. Passes instruments to the surgeon, assists the surgeon and/or holds retractors during surgical procedures.

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Skills and Abilities Essential Technical/Motor Skills * Speaking clearly. * Communicate with Doctor, circulating nurse and schedule coordinator. * Calibrate equipment. * Surgical instrumentation, precise hand/eye coordination. * Passing instrument to physician, assemble surgical instrumentation. * Manipulate small items and equipment. * Surgical instrumentation and supplies. * Fine motor skills. * Thread needles, handling micro instrumentation, able to work under operating microscope. Interpersonal Skills * Ability to work and communicate in a team setting with doctors, nurses, patients, and other technologists. * Positive attitude and outgoing personality. Essential Physical Requirements * Moving, patients, carts, instruments on sterile field, equipment, supplies, etc. * Assembling, instrumentation, sterile supplies, etc. * Standing, for operative procedure for long periods of time, (up to six hours uninterrupted). * Operating, instrumentation and equipment on sterile field. * Walking, filling case carts, opening cases, transporting patients, transporting supplies, etc. * Pushing, pulling, case carts, equipment, tables, holding retractors for long periods of time (up to six hours uninterrupted), patient carts. * Lifting, extremities (30 pounds), patients (100 pounds), instrument sets (40 pounds). * Climbing, standing on stools for table height during surgeries. * Reaching, holding retractors, taking equipment and supplies from shelves. * Restraining, patients immediately post op if needed * Ability to take call. * Emergency/Urgent cases after hours for extended periods of time. Essential Mental Abilities * Manipulate numbers. * Sponge, needle, instrument counts. * Interpret data from physician preference card. * Comprehend/understand, surgical procedures, instrumentation, anatomy, physiology, sequence of events. * Assess/Evaluate, patient and surgeon needs (anticipate). * Short and long term memory. * Sequence events, set ups, draping, instrumentation, position preference, supplies used in cases, etc. * Concentration/alertness, patient and physician needs for extended periods of time (up to six hours). * Adaptability, able to go from case to case, service to service in short periods of time. * Follow rules/instructions, policies/procedures of department with minimal supervision. * Organizational skills, instrumentation and supplies to pass on surgical procedures. Essential Sensory Requirements * Visual skills, able to see and distinguish instrumentation, sutures, needles, supplies on a sterile field. * Hearing surgeon, circulating nurse, and schedule coordinator while wearing masks. * Feel instrument, sutures, needles, etc. * Distinguish colors, color coded instruments and supplies. Exposure to Hazards * Blood and body fluids, chemical compounds used in surgery, drugs, radiation, cleaning solutions, anesthesia waste gasses, wet floors, needle sticks, cuts from knife blades, exposure to Methyl methacrylate, Laser Plume. Other Skills and Abilities >...

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