Certified Surgical Technician

Dallas Medical Center, LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Dallas Medical Center is seeking a Certified Surgical Technologist III (CST III) for per diem coverage in the Surgery Department. The CST III will lead complex case preparation, maintain sterile technique, pass instruments, and support surgeons.

Responsibilities include advanced clinical leadership, mentoring junior staff, ensuring regulatory compliance, and managing implants and documentation. This per diem role offers flexible shifts (days) at a busy hospital in Farmers Branch, TX.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a CST training program.
• CST certification required upon hire and maintained.
• Experience scrubbing major procedures across generalized surgical specialties.
• Current BLS (AHA) certification on hire and maintained.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced sterile preparation and serve as primary scrub for complex cases.
• Provide intraoperative support by passing instruments and troubleshooting equipment.
• Coordinate case preparation with implants and specialized instrumentation.
• Mentor and onboard new surgical technologists; promote patient safety.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and accurate case documentation.

Skills

Sterile technique

Instrument handling

Team leadership

Mentorship

Education

Certified Surgical Tech (CST) Certification

BLS (AHA) certification

CST training program graduate

Job description

Employment Status

Per Diem

Overview

Department: Surgery
Shifts Available: Variable
Employment Type: Per Diem (PD/PRN)
Hours: Variable
Location: Dallas Medical Center - Farmers Branch , TX
We are seeking a Certified Surgical Technologist III sometimes referred to as a S urgical Tech II I , OR Tech II I or Scrub Tech II I . The Certified Surgical Technologist III (CST III) serves as an advanced surgical team member responsible for supporting highly complex surgical procedures, ensuring optimal operating room efficiency, and serving as a clinical resource for surgical staff. The CST III leads advanced case preparation, assists surgeons by maintaining a sterile field and anticipating procedural needs, mentors' surgical technologists, and promotes best practices in patient safety, infection control, and regulatory compliance. This position is on a per diem basis, meaning PD/PRN as needed.

Responsibilities

The Certified Scrub Tech III (CST III) leads sterile preparation and serves as the primary scrub for complex surgical cases, using advanced skills to support surgeons and drive safe, efficient OR performance.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities (includes, But Not Limited To)

• Advanced Clinical Leadership – Serve as a lead surgical technologist for complex and specialty procedures, providing guidance, mentorship, and technical expertise to surgical staff while modeling best practices in sterile technique and patient safety
• Complex Case Preparation – Coordinate and prepare operating rooms for highly specialized procedures, ensuring availability of advanced instrumentation, implants, and equipment while anticipating surgeon preferences and procedural needs
• Intraoperative Expertise – Provide advanced intraoperative support by passing instruments, maintaining sterile technique, anticipating next steps, and troubleshooting equipment or supply issues to support optimal surgical outcomes
• Instrument and Implant Management – Ensure accurate counts of sponges, needles, instruments, and implants while supporting implant documentation, specimen handling, and case tracking in accordance with regulatory requirements
• Education and Mentorship – Support onboarding and training of new surgical technologists, assist with competency development, and serve as a resource for clinical questions, specialty techniques, and equipment use

Qualifications

Before we go any further, we do have some deal-breakers. You must have:

• Graduate of a Certified Surgical Tech. (CST) training program
• Certified Surgical Tech (CST) Certification upon hire required and maintained for employment.
• Experience and Mastery, in scrubbing minor and major procedures in the generalized surgical specialties, (General, Urology, Eye (cataracts), Gynecology, and Hand Specialty, in addition to, demonstrates proficiency and skill in basic spine procedures (Laminectomies), Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Total Joints, Complicated spinal fusion surgery (including 360), and Complicated Orthopedics: Sports Medicine and Total Joints, and Joint Revisions.
• Current BLS (AHA) upon hire and maintain current, Current CST certificate upon hire.

Employment Status

Per Diem

Shift

Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

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