Job Description

Title: Surgical Technologist Program Coordinator

Salary Range: $52,200 annual salary ($49,200 base salary with additional stipend of $3,000)

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: West Kentucky Community & Technical College

Campus Location: West Kentucky Community & Technical College

Department: Nursing & Allied Health Division

Total Rewards

West Kentucky Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity, including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

The program coordinator of the Surgical Technologist program will fill a 12 month in-person position that provides academic leadership, program development, and instructional oversight to support student success, workforce readiness, and programmatic accreditation. Ideal candidates must possess strong leadership and clinical expertise in surgical practice.

Job Duties:

This role is responsible for leading the Surgical Technology program ensuring alignment with CAAHEP and ARC/STSA standards, industry best practices, and institutional goals. Responsibilities include curriculum development, advisory committee leadership, and operating room competency validation. The position requires significant interaction with students, faculty, staff, surgeons, pereioperative teams, and clinical partners through in person instruction, lab simulation, clinical coordination, and community engagement.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be a graduate of a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)-accredited Surgical Technology program. Must hold a minimum of an Associate's degree and have an active national certification in surgical technology (e.g., CST). Minimum requirement of 5 years of experience in the field within the last 10 years and have expereince as an operating room scrub technician, an instructor in surgical technology, or a combination of both.

Preferred Qualifications:

A Bachelor's or Master's degree. Preferred to have previous documented education or experience in instructional methodology, curriculum design, and program planning.

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.