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Surgical Tech - Operating Room

📍 Redwood City, california · · · 40 hrs/week

Allied HealthUHC-00157407
Candidate pay rate:$45.5/hr ≈ $1,820/wk before stipends Quick apply or call (408) 441-9200

Job description

Surgical Tech - Operating Room

Start Date: 11-09-2026

End Date: 02-08-2027

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Hours per Week: 40

Candidate Pay Rate: $45.50 per hour

About United Health Care Staffing

At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.

Education

  • Charting System: Cerner
  • Unit Notes: - Unit: OR
  • # beds: 4 beds in main OR and 8 beds in the pavilion
  • Certs: BLS
  • Ratios: 1:1 (nurses circulate--if can scrub that is a plus but not required)
  • EMR: Cerner Surginet
  • Charge Nurse: Yes--does not take patients/cases
  • Scrub techs: do use
  • Weekend Requirement: not required
  • Holidays: covered by call
  • Scrub Color: Provided by hospital
  • Call: 1 shift per week, every 4th weekend
  • Shifts: variable starts 6am-9am w/call
  • no evenings, no weekends
  • Floating: Not required
  • Floor specific orientation: 1 week of paperwork orientation and one week partnered up with a preceptor
  • Common diagnosis / Types of patients: Main OR-Mostly ortho cases such as all totals (hips, knees, joints)
  • Pavilion-neuro and ortho spine, CV cases (specific team works these), general, gynecology, urology, ENT
  • Additional Notes: 15-25 cases per day
  • 400 per month
  • 20-25% of cases are inpatient
  • only do CV cases or robotic cases if experience with these
  • must have at least 2 years OR experience
  • very particular processes in the OR suites here
  • really prefer nurses w/ Cerner Surginet experience
  • anesthesia all done by anesthesiologists (no CRNAs)
  • critical patients go directly to ICU from the OR (Prefer 26 week contracts)
  • Years of Experience: 2
  • Shift Notes: 10 or 12 hour options available, Varied Days
  • Specialty: OR Tech
  • Start Date: 2026-11-09
  • End Date: 2027-02-08
  • Created Date: 2026-10-09
  • Required Hours/Week: 40
  • Start Time: 06:00
  • End Time: 09:00
  • Positions: 3
  • Short Description: Surgical Tech
  • Contract Type:

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Ready to start your next adventure as a Surgical Tech - Operating Room? Let's get you moving forward!

Send your resume to [email protected] or call us at 408-441-9200 today.

Why UHCS

Weekly or bi-weekly pay, medical/dental/vision, a SIMPLE IRA with employer contribution, tests paid on qualifying assignments with payroll deduction available, and one recruiter who stays with you for the whole assignment — reachable after hours. Every placement is credentialed to Joint Commission standards, so your packet is accepted the first time.