Surgical tech openings across South Florida's hospital systems, ambulatory surgery centers, and specialty practices. Current listings appear below; scroll on for who's hiring, what the pay looks like, and how Florida handles certification.
Miami's OR demand runs across a few large academic and nonprofit systems plus a heavy outpatient surgery footprint. These are the names you'll see most on a South Florida job search:
One of the largest public hospitals in the country and home to the Ryder Trauma Center, a Level I trauma facility, which means the broadest and highest-acuity case mix in the region.
The academic system tied to the Miller School of Medicine, running specialty and complex surgical programs alongside teaching cases.
The region's largest nonprofit system, staffing ORs across multiple hospital campuses and surgery centers throughout the metro.
A freestanding pediatric hospital, the main path in the market for a surgical tech who wants a dedicated pediatric case load.
A large not-for-profit teaching hospital on Miami Beach with an established surgical services line across specialties.
Per Bureau of Labor Statistics data, here's the Florida picture. It runs a bit below the national median for the occupation, which sits in the high $50,000s.
For a role-by-role breakdown, run the salary estimator or read the surgical tech salary guide.
Florida doesn't require state licensure for surgical technologists, but most Miami employers prefer the Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) credential or graduation from an accredited program, and it's effectively the ticket in at the larger systems. Confirm specifics on the state requirements page before you apply.
In practice, teaching hospitals and large systems are the ones set up to onboard new grads straight out of clinicals, while specialty and pediatric programs tend to screen harder for prior case experience in their exact service line. Aim your first applications accordingly.
Not by state law. Florida doesn't require licensure, but most major Miami employers prefer the CST credential or accredited-program graduation, so certification meaningfully widens where you can apply.
Jackson Memorial carries the highest-acuity, broadest case mix as home to the Level I Ryder Trauma Center, and Baptist Health staffs ORs across the widest set of campuses. Both are strong targets for steady, varied caseload.
It can be, if you target the right employers. Large systems and teaching hospitals are generally better positioned to train new grads than specialty or pediatric centers, which usually want prior experience in their specific cases. See the new-grad hiring guide for how to position with no OR history.