About this role
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Surgical Tech, Resource, you will work under the supervision of the surgeon and RN, bringing broad surgical specialty expertise to flexibly support operating rooms across multiple service lines. Every day, you will arrange and inventory sterile instruments, equipment, and supplies for surgical cases, passing items to surgeons and nurses as needed, while also assisting in preparing and moving patients and sterilizing and cleaning instruments, equipment, and rooms. You will coordinate functions and activities across all surgical specialties, maintaining appropriate supplies, instruments, vendor needs, and physician preferences, and step in to cover specialty service in the absence of the RN specialty leader. You will also help orient new hires and train staff on procedures, equipment, new technology, and clinical practice changes, while participating in strategic planning and implementation activities. To be successful in this role, you will need broad surgical specialty knowledge, strong adaptability across multiple service lines, leadership and training skills, and the ability to step confidently into coverage and coordination roles when needed.
- Sets up sterile table with instruments, supplies, equipment, and medications/solutions needed for procedure.
- Maintains highest standard of sterile technique during procedure by checking package integrity, indicators and opening procedures.
- Performs appropriate counts with circulator prior to the operation, before incision is closed and as needed.
- Prepares solutions and medications used.Properly labels and reports amounts used for charting.
- Prepare back table and mayo stand anticipating needs of the surgeon and through the use of the surgeon's preference card.
- Rounds frequently in the department to ensure and facilitate quality delivery of surgical care.
We are offering up to $10,000 relocation assistance to new hires who meet the eligibility requirements.
Schedule- 40 hrs/Week- Variable shift times/days per surgical Volume and current unit needs.
Call required- Approx. 4-6 call shifts per 6 week schedule block. May Vary
Weekend Call is 0700-1930, 1900-0730, weekday call 1900-0730
30 Min call back radius
Job Requirements
Required
- High School Diploma/G.E.D.
- Two years of surgical tech experience.
- Completion of an approved Surgical Technician program.
- Current Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association
- Current registration with the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) as a surgical technologist for associates working in Colorado.
A person performing Surgical Tech functions within the scope of another Colorado license, certification, or registration does not need to register as a Surgical Tech.
- Certification in Surgical Technology from the National Board Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) or Certification as a Tech in Surgery from the National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)
Preferred
- Previous leadership roles preferred
- Experience in a specialty field
Where You’ll Work
As a Certified Surgical Technologist at St. Anthony North Hospital, you will be a key member of a high-acuity surgical team managing 600–700+ cases monthly across 10 suites. In this cross-trained, fast-paced environment, you will scrub for a diverse case load with an emphasis on Orthopedics—including totals, trauma, sports medicine, and spine surgery with advanced navigation (STEALTH, 7D)—alongside Robotics (DaVinci XI, MAKO, ROSA), plastics, and general surgery. Beyond managing the sterile field and instrument setups, you will provide vital support by performing room turnovers, restocking supplies, maintaining surgeon preference cards, and participating in on-call coverage to ensure consistent, high-quality care during both elective and emergent procedures.
For more than 50 years, St. Anthony North Hospital has delivered optimal health care to the communities of Westminster, Erie, Brighton, Broomfield, Northglenn and Thornton. Highlights of our campus include 60,000 square feet of integrated primary and specialty care physician clinics, ambulatory surgery center, birthing center with private birthing suites, Level III Trauma Center with 24/7 emergency services, over 150 inpatient beds and an outpatient diagnostics center with lab and imaging services. In 2023, we received our prestigious Magnet designation! We are so proud of our nursing staff for this achievement, which is awarded to less than 6 percent of hospitals in the United States. Built on the pillars of convenience, wellness and person-centered care, we offer inpatient and outpatient care at one site, with an emphasis on preventive health, wellness and health education.