Skip to content

Surgical

OR Aide (Per Diem)

Hartford HealthCare logoHartford HealthCareHartford, CTPer diemPosted 4w agoStill open, checked every night

Workplace injuries

Hartford Hospital in Hartford reported 371 work injuries and illnesses to OSHA for 2025 over 12,513,017 hours worked: 5.9 per 100 full-time workers, against 5.1 per 100 full-time workers at general hospitalsnationwide. 15 of them describe violence by a patient, resident or client in the case's own words. This is the employer's own report. Workplace injuries by employer.

Medicare rating of Hartford Hospital

Medicare gives Hartford Hospital 4 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; Connecticut's hospitals average 3.4). 73% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Medicare did not cut its pay for patient harm in fiscal 2026. Its central line bloodstream infections ran 49% below predicted by Medicare's measure. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · Connecticut hospitals by rating.

Surgical tech and sterile processing jobs in our research

  • How long these jobs stay listed: Median days to removal 21.0 days · Still listed at 7 days 72.6%
  • Applicant demand per open job on this site (1.00x is the average job): Index 1.38x · Clicks 22
  • How often these jobs state their pay: Jobs stating any pay 51.2% · Stating an hourly rate 38.5%

From every open job we read and every apply click on this site, as of 9 Nov 2026. Every figure for Surgical tech and sterile processing jobs

About the job

Location Detail: 79 Jefferson St HH Bliss Wing (10064)

Shift Detail: Per diem hours and shifts can rotate. Includes holidays and weekends.

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, over 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.

Hartford Hospital is one of the largest and most respected teaching hospitals New England. We are a Level 1 Trauma Center that provides cutting edge treatment to its patients. This is made possible by being home to the largest robotic surgery center in the Northeast and the Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), one of the most-advanced medical simulation training centers in the world. When hospitals cannot provide the advanced care, expertise and new treatment options their patients require, they turn to us.

Job Description

To assist in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care in the perioperative period and to participate in maintaining the Operating Room environment from a physical and a safety standpoint. Reports to the Perioperative Coordinator or Operating Room Clinical Supervisor.

Qualifications

  • High school graduate or equivalent
  • Previous patient care experience preferred
  • Speak and understand English fluently
  • CPR training required
  • O2 transportation experience preferred
  • Knowledge of aseptic technique preferred

We take great care of careers.

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment .

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

Selected agencies hiring now

All agencies and apps →
  • AHS Staffing logo

    AHS StaffingTravel nursing agency

    Places travel and local contract nurses and allied professionals.

    Places: Nurses, CNAs & PCTs, Therapy & rehab, Mental health

  • UHC Staffing (UHCS) logo

    UHC Staffing (UHCS)Healthcare staffing agency

    A Joint Commission certified agency placing specialty nurses, therapists and allied professionals in per diem, contract and travel jobs.

    Places: Nurses, Therapy & rehab, Imaging, Lab

These agencies and apps pay CareJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed or signs up. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. Hospital and clinic jobs below keep their own order.

Sponsored

Sponsored jobs from job networks, which pay CareJobs.Now when you click one.

Free tools for this application: check your resume against this job, answer the application's questions or see every free tool.

New surgical tech and sterile processing jobs in Connecticut, by email

One email a week with the newest ones, straight from the employers' own careers sites, with the pay each posting states. Free, stop anytime.

About Hartford HealthCare

Hartford HealthCare is a nonprofit health system and Connecticut's most comprehensive health care network, with eight acute care hospitals, more than 500 (source: Hartford HealthCare, About Hartford HealthCare) locations and 48,000 (source: Hartford HealthCare, About Hartford HealthCare) colleagues, plus a cardiology practice in Westerly, Rhode Island. Source: Hartford HealthCare, About Hartford HealthCare

Based in Hartford, CTHires in Connecticut, Rhode IslandPay on its listings: 0.3% of its open jobs state an hourly rate

More surgical tech and sterile processing jobs

A certified surgical technologist?

One profile for every employer here. Hospitals, clinics and care companies ask us for people with a specific license, specialty, language or schedule: add yours once, and when a job fits, we introduce you, only with your yes. Free.

Create my profile

Hartford HealthCare openings, sent to you weekly

Each week we send the newest postings from Hartford HealthCare's own careers site, along with similar openings at other hospitals and care employers. It costs nothing and you can stop anytime.