Surgical Technologist Weekender Flex – Float Pool

Cleveland Clinic • Cleveland, OH

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Surgical Technologist works in Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus Surgical Float Pool, supporting a range of patient populations, surgical units, departments, and locations. The role is fast-paced and changing, requiring adaptability and flexibility. The technologist works with registered nurses, surgeons, anesthesia providers, and other surgical team members to provide safe, high-quality care. Duties include scrub functions, assisting with circulating responsibilities under a Registered Nurse’s direction, maintaining a sterile field, preparing supplies and equipment, passing instruments, and supporting sterilization processes after surgery. The position offers exposure to complex, high-acuity surgical cases and opportunities to develop technical skills and clinical knowledge.

This position is part of Cleveland Clinic’s Weekender Flex Program. The schedule is two 12-hour shifts each weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, plus one 12-hour day or night shift during the week. The stated schedule is 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Caregivers work 36 hours per week and are paid for 44 hours, with full-time status and benefits.

In an ambulatory setting, the role may also include coordinating surgical and clinical schedules, supporting outpatient clinic flow and procedure-room cases, communicating with patients and families, assisting with practice development and new-hire orientation, coordinating studies, handling patient calls, completing post-operative calls as directed, and scribing for providers.

The role requires full range of body motion, manual and finger dexterity, eye-hand coordination, and extensive standing and walking. It is classified as Medium Work, involving occasional exertion of 20 to 50 pounds, frequent exertion of 10 to 25 pounds, and constant exertion of up to 10 pounds. The caregiver may occasionally lift and carry items up to 25 pounds and periodically push, pull, and navigate supply carts weighing more than 75 pounds. Standard Precautions and required personal protective equipment must be used. Employment offers are followed by controlled-substance testing, and caregivers must comply with the annual influenza prevention program or obtain an approved exemption.

Requirements

• Graduate of a Surgical Technology Program accredited through CAAHEP or ABHES, or certification as a Surgical Technologist (TS-C or CST), or completion of a military Surgical Technology Program, or state licensure as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
• Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including extensive standing and walking, lifting and carrying, and pushing and pulling carts.
• Use personal protective equipment as required and follow Standard Precautions.

Nice To Haves

• Surgical Technologist certification from an accredited Surgical Technology Program.
• Experience working in the operating room.
• Scrubbing experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform scrub functions and assist with circulating functions under the direction of a Registered Nurse.
• Set up the sterile table and ensure appropriate supplies, drugs, and equipment are available.
• Assist the Registered Nurse with counting sponges, instruments, and other items at appropriate times during surgery.
• Assist with gowning and gloving surgical team members and draping patients.
• Maintain aseptic conditions for the scrubbed surgical team throughout the procedure.
• Participate in the intraoperative timeout.
• Collect, identify, and label specimens removed during procedures and give them to the circulator for disposition.
• Support sterilization processes after surgery.
• In an ambulatory setting, coordinate surgical and clinical schedules and assist with outpatient clinic flow.
• Provide information to patients and families and assist with coordinating outpatient procedure-room cases and supplies.
• Assist with marketing, practice development, new-hire orientation, and coordination of studies for the section.
• Answer patient phone calls, gather information, and relay it to the provider.
• Complete post-operative phone calls based on provider instructions and relay information to the provider.
• Scribe for providers in the outpatient clinic when assigned.

Benefits

• Full-time status and benefits while working 36 hours per week and being paid for 44 hours of work.
• RN Loan Repayment program.
• Tuition Reimbursement program.
• Potential relocation assistance for eligible relocating candidates.
• Caregiver safety resources through the Center for Workplace Violence Prevention and Caregiver Well-Being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed