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Mosaic Life Care
Maryville Surgical Technologist
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A Surgical Technician or Technologist assists with surgical operations. Prepares the operating room and equipment before a procedure, and helps surgeons and nurses during the procedure. Works in hospitals or other healthcare facilities.
$41,880 / year median in Missouri
+7% projected growth
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Mosaic Life Care
Occupation:
Surgical TechnologistsLocation:
Maryville, MO - 64468Job Type:
Full Time (30 Hours or More), Day ShiftPosted:
05/22/2026 Positions available: 1Source:
Mosaic Life CareWeb Site:
www.mymlc.com Job #: 1499 Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Opens a new window. Work Onsite Full Time Schedule Full Time Shift Day Shift Job Description Help for Job Description. Opens a new window. The Surgical Technologist works under the supervision of leadership. Performs and functions as a member of the surgical team. Passes instruments to the surgeon, assists the surgeon and/or holds retractors during surgical procedures. > Additional Information Help for Additional Information. Opens a new window. Skills and Abilities Essential Technical/Motor Skills- Speaking clearly.
- Communicate with Doctor, circulating nurse and schedule coordinator.
- Calibrate equipment.
- Surgical instrumentation, precise hand/eye coordination.
- Passing instrument to physician, assemble surgical instrumentation.
- Manipulate small items and equipment.
- Surgical instrumentation and supplies.
- Fine motor skills.
- Thread needles, handling micro instrumentation, able to work under operating microscope. Interpersonal Skills
- Ability to work and communicate in a team setting with doctors, nurses, patients, and other technologists.
- Positive attitude and outgoing personality. Essential Physical Requirements
- Moving, patients, carts, instruments on sterile field, equipment, supplies, etc.
- Assembling, instrumentation, sterile supplies, etc.
- Standing, for operative procedure for long periods of time, (up to six hours uninterrupted).
- Operating, instrumentation and equipment on sterile field.
- Walking, filling case carts, opening cases, transporting patients, transporting supplies, etc.
- Pushing, pulling, case carts, equipment, tables, holding retractors for long periods of time (up to six hours uninterrupted), patient carts.
- Lifting, extremities (30 pounds), patients (100 pounds), instrument sets (40 pounds).
- Climbing, standing on stools for table height during surgeries.
- Reaching, holding retractors, taking equipment and supplies from shelves.
- Restraining, patients immediately post op if needed
- Ability to take call.
- Emergency/Urgent cases after hours for extended periods of time. Essential Mental Abilities
- Manipulate numbers.
- Sponge, needle, instrument counts.
- Interpret data from physician preference card.
- Comprehend/understand, surgical procedures, instrumentation, anatomy, physiology, sequence of events.
- Assess/Evaluate, patient and surgeon needs (anticipate).
- Short and long term memory.
- Sequence events, set ups, draping, instrumentation, position preference, supplies used in cases, etc.
- Concentration/alertness, patient and physician needs for extended periods of time (up to six hours).
- Adaptability, able to go from case to case, service to service in short periods of time.
- Follow rules/instructions, policies/procedures of department with minimal supervision.
- Organizational skills, instrumentation and supplies to pass on surgical procedures. Essential Sensory Requirements
- Visual skills, able to see and distinguish instrumentation, sutures, needles, supplies on a sterile field.
- Hearing surgeon, circulating nurse, and schedule coordinator while wearing masks.
- Feel instrument, sutures, needles, etc.
- Distinguish colors, color coded instruments and supplies. Exposure to Hazards
- Blood and body fluids, chemical compounds used in surgery, drugs, radiation, cleaning solutions, anesthesia waste gasses, wet floors, needle sticks, cuts from knife blades, exposure to Methyl methacrylate, Laser Plume.