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Travel Operating Room Tech - Sterile Processing Tech - Jacksonville, FL

Cross Country Healthcare logoCross Country Healthcare$1,078/wkJacksonville, FLContractPosted 2w agoStill open, checked every night

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This assignment posts $1,078 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel surgical technologist assignments post a median of $1,920 a week, the middle half $1,666 to $2,146, across 468 assignments, so this one is below the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.

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About the job

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 8hr nights, 40 hours a week, starting November 9, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,078 a week in all, a taxable rate of $15 an hour plus $478.04 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Sterile Processing Technician (SPT) - Location: not specified. This role involves supporting the operating room team by performing decontamination, sterilization, and preparation of reusable surgical instruments and equipment. The technician works under supervision to ensure sterile processing activities meet strict guidelines and operational needs within the hospital environment.

Job Details

  • Schedule: Nights, 8-hour shifts, 40 hours per week, with assignments lasting approximately 13 weeks.
  • Required Qualifications: High school diploma or GED; successful completion of a vocational program for Central Service with certification; Central Service Technician certification required within one year of hire; CRCST or CBSPD certification preferred; BLS certification required.
  • Preferred Qualifications: Successful completion of a vocational program for Central Service.
  • Additional Skills: Instrumentation, decontamination, assembly, inspection, packaging, sterilization, storage and distribution, cleaning, inventory management, basic computer knowledge, interpersonal skills, verbal and written communication, ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, ability to receive and give constructive feedback, re-processing.
  • Responsibilities include decontamination, assembly, inspection, packaging, sterilization, storage, distribution of surgical instruments, supporting sterilization activities, maintaining inventory, and adhering to manufacturer guidelines.
  • Submission requires current certifications and the ability to meet the described schedule.

Benefits

  • The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
  • Private housing or generous housing allowance
  • Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
  • Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
  • Competitive salaries
  • Referral bonuses
  • Travel reimbursement
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Direct deposit/free checking
  • Unlimited free CE credits

From Cross Country Healthcare's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

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About Cross Country Healthcare

National healthcare staffing company in Boca Raton, Florida, placing travel nurses, allied professionals and therapists, with local contract and per diem work too. Source: Cross Country, Travel FAQs

Based in Boca Raton, FLHires in 51 statesPay on its listings: 0.6% of its open jobs state an hourly rate

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