Job Summary
Surgical Technician, Operating Room (OR) — Illinois. This position supports a high-volume acute care surgical environment serving adolescent, adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients. The role requires broad operating room experience, trauma expertise, strong surgical case competency, and readiness to support departmental needs within the scope of practice.
Job Details
- Schedule: 5 eight-hour day shifts, 6:45 a.m.–3:15 p.m., totaling 40 hours per week; weekend coverage is required once monthly for a total of 16 hours, with on-call availability required as needed.
- Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 3 years of surgical technician experience.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
- Level I trauma experience required.
- Experience in general operating room procedures, teaching hospital settings, and trauma care.
- Demonstrated competency with ear, nose, and throat procedures, including direct laryngoscopy, radical neck dissection, tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, and tracheostomy.
- Demonstrated competency with endoscopic, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, oral, orthopedic, plastic surgery, trauma, and urology procedures.
- Proficiency with aseptic technique, isolation precautions, radiation safety, sharps safety, specimen handling and labeling, and the Universal Protocol time-out procedure.
- Experience with drills, electrosurgical units, and fiber-optic light sources and cords.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) certification preferred.
- Teaching hospital experience preferred.
- Float: Float rotation may be required.
- Additional Information:
- First-time travelers are not accepted.
- The role supports approximately 50–60 surgical cases per day across 23 operating rooms.
- Surgical services include all major specialties except ophthalmology and cardiothoracic procedures.
- Special equipment includes robotic surgical systems and multiple surgical microscopes.
- Scrub attire is provided.
- Required compliance activities include pre-start documentation, laboratory appointment, badge photography, fingerprinting, and completion of assigned orientation modules.
- The first assignment day includes virtual, at-home orientation and required module completion.
- Influenza vaccination is required; medical and religious exemptions are accepted.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
