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Surgical Technologist 3 (Surg Tech)

Inova Health System·Alexandria, Virginia

Full Time·On Site·2-5 yrs·Posted 2 months ago
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About the role

The Surgical Technologist 3 is responsible for maintaining safety and anticipating needs during surgical procedures, including emergency situations. They support the daily operating room schedule and participate in departmental goals and quality improvement processes.

Inova Alexandria Hospital Operating Room is seeking a dedicated Surgical Technologist 3 to join the team.

This role will be full-time, Day/Evening rotations (x2) 8hrs & (x2) 12hrs: 7:00am-7:30pm & 7:00am-3:30pm w/ 1100am-7:30pm & 11:00-11:30pm.

Sign-on Bonus & relocation assistance eligible.

Inova is consistently ranked as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience.

We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits: Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.

Retirement

  • Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
  • Tuition and
  • Student
  • Loan
  • Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
  • Mental
  • Health
  • Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
  • Work/Life
  • Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.
  • Surgical
  • Technologist 3
  • Job
  • Responsibilities: Recognizes safety hazards and initiates appropriate preventative and corrective actions. Anticipates the need for unscheduled procedures or unanticipated turn of events during a surgical procedure. Demonstrates superior knowledge in stressful and emergency situations. Assists with the flow of the daily operating room schedule by readily accepting assignments/reassignments. Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to professional and leadership responsibilities. Accepts responsibility for judgments and actions. Supports and participates in departmental goals, educational programs, and QI process. Documents evidence of at least 40 hours of self-development activities with a minimum of 12 formal contact hours.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: High School or GED Experience: Two (2) years’ Surgical Technologist experience.

Licensure

Registered Surgical Technologist in the state of VA.

Certification

Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) via NBSTSA or Tech in Surgery – Certified (TS-C) via NCCT. Basic Life Support (BLS) upon start.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience: Surgical Technologist experience in Ortho, Trauma, Neuro, Robotics, Vascular preferred.

  • We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider.
  • Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve.
  • Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience.
  • And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step.
  • At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.
  • Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer.
  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Requirements

Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED and at least two years of experience as a Surgical Technologist. Required credentials include VA state registration, CST or TS-C certification, and BLS certification.

  • high school
  • professional certificate
  • Patient Safety
  • Emergency Response
  • Quality Improvement
  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Robotic Surgery
  • Surgical Technology
  • Trauma Surgery
  • Neurological Surgery
  • Operating Room Flow

Benefits

  • Paid time off
  • Relocation assistance
  • Medical coverage
  • Paid parental leave
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Tuition assistance
  • Vision coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • Wellness program
  • Student loan assistance
  • Sign-on bonus
  • 401k matching (first 5%)
  • Mental health coaching and therapy

Posting details

Employment type
Full Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
2-5 yrs
Location
Alexandria, Virginia
Posted
May 29, 2026
Application
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Hiring organization

Inova Health System

We are Inova, Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. With expertise and compassion, we partner with our patients to help them stay healthy. We treat illness, heal injury and look at a patient’s whole health to help...

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IndustryHospitals and Health Care
TypeNonprofit
Size10,001+ employees
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