Surgical Technician, Certified

Your experience matters

Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well‑being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Certified Surgical Technician (CST) joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

Our Surgery Center offers a family‑oriented, supportive environment with a six‑month orientation to set you up for success. Team members can work in the General OR or specialize in areas like Neuro, with cross‑training. Opportunities for growth, tuition reimbursement, scholarship support, and the highest Culture of Safety Engagement scores in the facility.

A Certified Surgical Technician (CST)who excels in this role:

• Before an operation, helps set up the operating room and organizes sterile table with surgical instruments and equipment, sterile linens, and sterile solutions.

• Checks, adjusts, and operates equipment such as sterilizers, lights, suction machines, electrosurgical units, and diagnostic equipment.

• Maintains supply of fluids such as plasma, saline, blood, and glucose for use during operation.

• Prepares patients for surgery by washing, shaving, and disinfecting incision sites. Also transports, positions patients on table, and covers them with sterile surgical "drapes."

• Scrubs hands and arms, puts on sterile operating room attire to be able to work within the sterile field established around the patient and to handle the sterilized instruments, equipment, and supplies used in the procedure.

• Anticipates the needs of the surgeon, passing instruments, and providing sterile items in an efficient manner.

• Helps prepare, care for, and dispose of specimens taken for laboratory analysis, holds retractors, cuts sutures, and applies dressings as directed.

• Cleans and restocks the operating room.

• Adheres to The Joint Commission (TJC) on professional standards and attends hospital in-service training sessions as directed. Provides age-appropriate care for all age groups.

Applicants should have graduated from an accredited surgical technology program or posses equivalent relevant experience. Additional requirements include:

• High School Diploma or equivalent Preferred;
  Surgical technologists graduate from surgical technology program (
  ** Years of relevant experience may be substituted for required education/certification.**)

• Basic Life Support (BLS) required one month from hire date

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits
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  Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time andpart-time employees.

• Financial Protection & PTO
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  Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.

• Financial & Career Growth
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  Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.

• Employee Well-being
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  Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).

• Professional Development
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  Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital Is a 295-bed acute hospital…