Travel Surgical Tech

Overview

Embark on a bold, hands-on journey as a Surgical Tech in California, Susanville, where your precision, compassion, and teamwork become the backbone of life-changing surgical care. This travel-intensive role places you in high-stakes settings where sterile technique, instrument handling, and swift collaboration with surgeons and circulating staff directly influence outcomes. You’ll step into a fast-paced environment that values reliability, adaptability, and a commitment to patient safety.

As you excel in the OR, you’ll also shape your professional path through exposure to diverse specialties, evolving technologies, and cross-team mentorship.

California offers a unique blend of opportunity and lifestyle that can elevate your career. Susanville provides a close-knit hospital community with a focus on quality care, while the broader state offers a vast network of facilities and varied case mixes across regions. The option to work across multiple locations in the U.S. gives you a chance to diversify your experience, sharpen your adaptability, and build a robust professional portfolio.

Outdoors offer chances to recharge through activities in the timbered high country and nearby communities. The position combines the stability of a predictable schedule with assignments that broaden your clinical perspective and professional horizons.

• Support the operating room team by preparing sterile fields and selecting and passing instruments.
• Maintain instrument counts and ensure aseptic technique throughout procedures.
• Collaborate closely with surgeons, nurses, anesthesia providers, and surgical assistants to anticipate needs and reduce instrument turnover times.
• Perform instrument setup, tray management, sponge and sharps counts, and turnover between cases in accordance with hospital protocols and regulatory standards.
• Gain exposure to a wide range of specialties, including general, orthopedic, vascular, robotics, and others, creating a versatile skill set.
• Engage in ongoing learning opportunities, certifications, and hands-on mentorship to support advancement within the surgical specialty.
• Adhere to policy and regulatory standards and contribute to a safe patient experience.

• Competitive compensation with a weekly pay range of $1,674 to $1,801, based on experience and performance.
• Guaranteed hours of 32 per week with extension opportunities.
• Signing bonus may be available for eligible travelers; housing assistance provided.
• 24/7 support for travel logistics, housing, credentialing, and on-site challenges.

The company emphasizes values important to dedicated healthcare professionals with clear pathways for career advancement, ongoing education, mentorship, and a supportive work environment focused on wellbeing. The travel program fosters operating-room agility, critical thinking, and collaborative leadership, with resources to help you navigate multi-site assignments and maintain work-life balance where possible.

Beginning March 2, 2026, the contract length is measured in weeks with extension opportunities. The program values hands-on expertise and patient care, with a guaranteed 32 hours per week and a competitive pay range. You will explore California and the broader United States, gaining professional growth, benefits, and support designed to help you thrive.

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