Make an impact where every moment matters. At Northwell Health, our surgical technologists play a vital role in delivering exceptional patient care. Working alongside surgeons, nurses and other healthcare professionals, they help create a safe, efficient surgical environment during a procedure from preparing operating rooms and maintaining sterile environments to anticipating surgical team needs.

When you join Northwell as a surgical technologist, you’ll discover more than a job. You’ll find a career well cared for, with opportunities to sharpen your skills, pursue certifications, advance your education and grow professionally.

Bring your skills to the operating room. Make a difference in every procedure. Become a Health Raiser at Northwell Health.

Here are the qualifications required for a surgical technologist at Northwell:

• High school diploma or equivalent, required.
  • Successful completion from a nationally accredited educational program for surgical technologist, a certified surgical technologist (CST) credential administered by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) and maintains annual NYS required annual operating room CEU credits, required

OR

• • Graduate of an accredited school of practical nursing or of a nursing vocational or nursing technical school, and current license to practice as a practical nurse in New York State, and maintains annual NYS required annual operating room CEU credits, required

Learn more about how you can begin your journey as a surgical technologist and see how Sypria and Renne took different paths. Their inspiring career journeys demonstrate how starting as a surgical technologist can unlock many career opportunities at Northwell.

Sypria

• 2007 – Certified Surgical Technologist – Operating Room, Neurosurgery – North Shore University Hospital
• 2012 – Registered Nurse – Operating Room, Neurosurgery – North Shore University Hospital
• 2016 – Nurse Manager – Operating Room, Neurosurgery – North Shore University Hospital
• Current position – Director, Perioperative Services – North Shore University Hospital

Click here to learn more about what a day in the life looks like as a surgical technologist.

Renne

• 2001 – Surgical Technologist, Operating Room – Plainview Hospital
• 2007 – Registered Nurse, Operating Room – Plainview Hospital
• 2012 – Orthopedic Nurse Manager, Operating Room – Plainview Hospital
• 2017 – Orthopedic Project Manager, Operating Room – Syosset Hospital
• 2021 – Nurse Manager, Ophthalmology – Pain Management and Pre-Surgical Testing – Syosset Hospital
• Current position – Nurse Practitioner – Imbert Cancer Center

For the complete job descriptions of each role, we invite you to visit NorthwellCareers.com or view our available surgical technologist positions here.