JobsUSATravel Surgical Technician - $1,299 per week
Company : IDR Healthcare
Location : New Orleans, LA, 70123
Posted Date : 15 October 2025
Job Type : Contractor
Category : Physicians & Surgeons
Occupation : Surgical Technician
Job Details
IDR Healthcare is seeking a travel Surgical Technician for a travel job in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Surgical Technician
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Description
Position: Surgical Technician
Location: New Orleans, LA
Start Date: 10/12/2025
Assignment Length: 13 weeks
End Date: 01/11/2026
Shift: 12-hour Day Shift | 6:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Schedule: on-call required (weeknights and weekends)
This position supports a busy outpatient surgery center within a leading health system. The Surgical Tech will assist in procedures, prepare equipment, maintain sterile fields, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary OR team to deliver safe and efficient surgical care.
Responsibilities
- Scrub for surgical procedures across multiple specialties
- Assist physicians and RNs during intraoperative care
- Prepare and maintain sterile instruments, equipment, and supplies
- Ensure endoscope cleaning/disinfection with quality control protocols
- Support daily operations of the surgery department
- Adapt positively to workflow changes and scheduling flexibility
- Comply with infection control, patient safety, and documentation standards
- Maintain clinical readiness and participate in continuing education
- Perform additional duties as required
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Graduate of an accredited Surgical Technology program
- Certification in Surgical Technology – Required
- BLS (AHA) – Required
- Minimum 2 years of experience in the surgical tech role
- Familiarity with standard OR instruments, sterile technique, and perioperative support
- Strong judgment, organization, and time management skills
Additional Information Shift: 6:30 AM – 7:00 PM, with scheduled on-call for weeknights and weekendsPhysical requirements: frequent lifting (10–20 lbs), occasional exertion up to 100 lbsRegular exposure to blood, body fluids, and communicable diseasesMust be comfortable working in high-volume procedural environmentsProfessional attire required; scrub color not specifiedCandidates should be self-directed, adaptable, and team-oriented
About IDR Healthcare
IDR Healthcare is an awarding winning staffing firm that believes it is a privilege and awesome responsibility to serve those who selflessly care for others. Our mission is to empower healthcare professionals to achieve their fullest potential both personally and professionally while they create positive change within the healthcare community.
We exercise true grit, tenacity, and authenticity while embracing and ownership mindset to go above and beyond providing healthcare professionals a world class experience.
We are employee owned and our travelers and clinicians earn shares/equity by just completing multiple assignments!
We have been named SIA’s Fastest Growing Staffing Firms and have won ClearlyRated® Best of Staffing for 11 consecutive years! This cements our commitment to clinician satisfaction earning top net promoter scores putting us in the top 2% of agencies in North America!
Help us give back! For every booked assignment, proceeds are donated to St. Jude and Feeding America! Last year we raised over $18,000 for St. Jude and provided over 49,000 meals for children in need.
#TravelFarWithIDR and see what it is all about!
Benefits
- Weekly pay
- 401k retirement plan
- Referral bonus
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- License and certification reimbursement
- Vision benefits
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