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Surg Tech - Variable Shifts and Schedules

Primary Location Riverside, California Facility Name Riverside Medical Center/Medical Offices 1 Schedule Call-in/On-Call Shift Variable Salary $31.23 - $34.44 / hour
Job Number 1427189 Date Posted 06/12/2026
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Job Summary:

Assists during surgery as member of surgical team by passing instruments and supplies following established policies, procedures and standards.


Essential Responsibilities:
  • Assists during surgery as member of surgical team by passing instruments and supplies and assisting as directed; recognizes and responds to and assists in acute emergency situations.
  • Conforms to prescribed aseptic techniques required for surgical procedures by scrubbing prior to working in sterile field or area.
  • Completes necessary arrangements of operating room prior to surgical procedures  by setting up or laying out instruments, surgical trays, and assembling equipment items as required for particular procedure.
  • Cleans operating room after surgical procedures by removing and disposing of contaminated instruments; disassembling instruments for sterilization required.
  • Maintains and ensures operational readiness of instruments and equipment, departmental supplies and sterilized items.
  • May perform patient care functions such as patient prepping, and operating a variety of electronic equipment as directed.
  • Establishes and maintains courteous, cooperative relations with the public, patients and other staff members.
  • Performs other duties as required such as transports patients and assists in orienting and training of new staff personnel.
  • Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service  to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service. Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
  • 2000 hours Operating Room scrub or equivalent military experience within the last three years and competency scrubbing for all types of surgical procedures (except open heart) or must be a recent graduate of an accredited Surgical Technician or military equivalent program within the last six months.
Education
  • N/A
License, Certification, Registration
  • Basic Life Support
Additional Requirements:
  • N/A
Preferred Qualifications:
  • N/A

 

Primary Location: California,Riverside,Riverside Medical Center/Medical Offices 1 Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20 Shift: Variable Workdays: Variable Working Hours Start: Variable Working Hours End: Variable Job Schedule: Call-in/On-Call Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Onsite Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: B05|USW|Local 7600 Job Level: Individual Contributor Department: Surg Tech I Pay Range: $31.23 - $34.44 / hour Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. Travel: No On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

  • Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.

  • Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.

  • Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.
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