Surgical Technologist

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Department: UW MEDICAL CENTER - NORTHWEST - OPERATING ROOMS

Job Location:

UW Medical Center - Northwest

Posting Date: 06/13/2025

Closing Info:
Closes On 06/30/2025

Salary: $32.45 - $47.24 per hour

Other Compensation:
Along with competitive pay and benefits, we offer the following shift differentials for our Surgical Technologist staff:

• Evening

Shift: $1.75/hour

• Night

Shift: $2.50/hour

• Weekends: $2.50/hour

Union Position:
Yes

Shift: Alternate Work Shift

Benefits:
As an employee you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, .

This recruitment offers a $10,000 Recruitment Incentive to eligible new employees joining UW Medicine #UWMRecruitment Incentive

The UW MEDICAL CENTER - NORTHWEST – OPERATING ROOMS have multiple outstanding opportunities for SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS.

WORK SCHEDULE

• 36 or 40 Hours per week

• Evening or Rotating/Variable shifts

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• Enjoy working in a state-of-the art environment, collaborating with a stable team of experienced colleagues, and receiving mentorship from distinguished clinicians/faculty at one of the nation’s top-ranked research institutions

• Be responsible for facilitating assigned surgical procedures through the assembly of instrumentation, equipment, and supplies

• This position functions competently and independently within multiple specialty areas

• Competitive candidates will have certification as scrub technologist and/or six months of experience as an Operating Room Technician in a hospital operating room or childbirth center

The teamwork among our employees makes the department an enjoyable and exciting place to work. Inherent to success in this position is organization, desire to work in a team-oriented academic medical setting, capability to stay abreast of current developments relevant to the position, strong interpersonal and communication skills, and knowledge of the duties of a Surgical Technologist.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Take the lead in the patient care experience by prepping and maintaining our Operating Rooms for surgical procedures

• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders and partners, from our scheduling team to surgeons

• Work in a dynamic, fast-paced, problem-solving environment while maintaining vigilance of instruments and supplies used during surgical procedures

• Perform scrub role while supporting patient safety a sterile environment

• Support of post-operative tasks, including removal of contaminated instruments, decontamination, sterilization and turnover of the Operating Room

REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Completion of a Surgical Technologist program AND one year of experience assisting clinical staff in a variety of operative procedures in an operating room environment OR equivalent education/experience.

LEGAL REQUIREMENT
Registered by the State of Washington as a Surgical Technologist

ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-NORTHWEST
UW Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Seattle with two campuses:
Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.

The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a beautiful, easy-to-access 44-acre campus that includes the neighboring Specialty Care Meridian Pavilion.

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