Avera Health·Sioux Falls, South Dakota
This position assists professional staff in providing care for the operative patient before, during, and after surgery. Responsibilities include ensuring proper instrumentation and supplies are available, performing scrub and circulating duties, and maintaining patient safety and confidentiality.
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Work Shift: Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends (United States of America)
At Avera Heart Hospital, you’re not just joining a workplace – you’re becoming part of a family. With more than 700 dedicated employee, we deliver care that truly makes a difference. Our commitment to excellence has earned us the distinction of being one of only a handful of hospitals nationwide – out of more than 4,000 – to achieve a double 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
This position assists professional staff in providing care for the operative patient before, during and after surgery.
This position requires thorough surgical knowledge and expertise to insure proper instrumentation and supplies are available on the surgical field and/or in the operating room where the procedure is to be performed.
This position helps the sterile operative team, performs scrub and circulating duties in the operating room, performs routine and specialized housekeeping activities, and applies principles of asepsis, infection control and medical ethics.
This position will also be responsible for training newly assigned personnel.
Patient safety and confidentiality are maintained at all times.
Assumes, under the direction of the Laboratory, responsibility for patient specimen testing, quality control, quality improvement, and equipment maintenance.
30 -5:00 with On Call, Weekend and Holiday rotation.
Graduation from a Surgical Technologist program from an accredited school of allied health services required. Three years continuous experience in an operating room preferred.
Current Surgical Technologist certification preferred. Current BLS certification preferred.
Graduation from a Surgical Technologist program from an accredited school is required. Current Surgical Technologist certification and BLS certification are preferred.
Market context
In South Dakota, allied health openings often draw steady interest because employers look for licensed candidates who can start quickly and support patient care needs across clinical settings. These roles are competitive when they ask for an active state license at hire, mission alignment, and even preferred education or early experience, while offering career development, PTO, and retirement. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your license status and tailor your application to the employer’s values.
