Surgical Technologist - Spencer Hospital

Avera McKennan

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Spencer, IA Until 8/21/2026 First posted May 7, 2026 Last posted May 7, 2026
Job description

Location:

Spencer, IA

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Primarily days with night, weekend and holiday on-call involvement (United States of America)

Spencer Hospital is proud to employ highly skilled and caring staff members. We offer competitive salaries and benefits as well as a pleasant work environment.

Position Highlights

Spencer Hospital is a rural hospital located in northwest Iowa employing over 500+ employees. Positions at Spencer Hospital are not affiliated with Avera; however, we collaborate to provide services to the communities we serve. Employment offers, if accepted, are exclusively with Spencer Hospital.

Spencer Hospital Surgery Center performs a multitude of specialties including: general, orthopedics, ophthalmology, urology, ENT, and endoscopy averaging 550+ surgeries per month. Surgery business hours are Mon-Fri with minimal on call weekend and holiday rotations. 

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for handling the instruments, supplies, and equipment necessary during the surgical procedure
  • Maintain the necessary knowledge and ability to ensure quality patient care during the operative procedure, and to be constantly vigilant in the maintenance of the sterile field
  • Responsible for procedures related to cleaning, sterilizing, and assemble of equipment, supplies and instruments for use in medical and surgical interventions

Requirements:

  • Graduate of an approved Surgical Tech program. Certification preferred
  • Previous surgical tech experiences performing multiple different specialties preferred.
  • Must have excellent communication skills, caring attitude and be a team player
  • In addition, must be able to multi-task and triage items concurrently

Schedule:

  • 60 or 70 hours a pay period (Full-time Benefit Eligible)
  • 10 hour shifts Mon-Fri from 6:30a to 5p
  • On-call nights and weekends rotation
  • The schedule may fluctuate based upon needs of the department

Spencer Hospital offers competitive wages, affordable insurance, IPERS retirement, in-house education, paid time off, family gym membership and so much more!

Please contact Spencer Hospital Human Resources for any questions at 712.264.6205 or email hr@spencerhospital.org.

Learn more about Spencer Hospital: spencerhospital.org

About this role

Summary

Handle surgical instruments, maintain sterile environment, and assist during surgeries.

Job title

Surgical Technologist

Experience level

graduate of an approved Surgical Tech program

Industry

healthcare

Location requirements

Spencer, IA, on-site; some on-call nights/weekends

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

surgical tech certificationsterile proceduresteamworkcommunication

Preferred skills

multiple specialty experiencecertification

Specializations

surgerysterile fieldinstrument handling
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Spencer, IA 51301, USA

On-site City