About Stepful:

Stepful is a workforce platform redefining how America's largest health systems build, train, and retain their talent. Since our founding in 2021, Stepful’s trained over 32,000 practice-ready healthcare workers.

Layering onto our successful direct-to-consumer training, Stepful partners with leading healthcare institutions to address the growing national shortage of healthcare workers. We’re improving access to quality healthcare for everyone, everywhere, and improving access to healthcare career ladders for those who need them most.

Our students form the talent pipelines for major employers such as NY-Presbyterian, Mt. Sinai, HCA, Providence, CVS, and Walgreens. We have partnerships with half of the top 10 health systems in the US and are in process with many more.

Stepful is backed by Y Combinator, Reach Capital, and AlleyCorp, with a recent $55M Series C led by Oak HC/FT. We were named the #1 EdTech company in the U.S. by TIME for 2025.

Our values:

We credit much of our success to our exceptional team. We’re looking for mission-driven builders who thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, and embody our four core values:

Care first: We do whatever it takes for our students to succeed.

Learn quickly: We test, learn with data, and iterate.

Build together: We win when we rely on each other.

Own it: We show up, take initiative, and show pride.

The opportunity:

We are seeking a full-time Travel Clinical Educator, Surgical Technology to support Stepful’s Surgical Technology program across multiple locations around the United States. This role is responsible for delivering high-quality, hands-on skills instruction, supporting student remediation, and ensuring strong clinical and certification outcomes.

In addition to teaching, the Clinical Educator will serve as a key on-site representative of Stepful, partnering with our clinical sites to support client onboarding and program implementation between 11-week cohorts. This role requires regular travel and close collaboration with both internal teams and external partners between cohorts.

This full-time, travel-based role reports into the Program Director, Surgical Services.

Stepful will cover reasonable travel expenses required for the role. This includes flights, transportation, and hotel accommodations. All travel-related expenses must be pre-approved by the employee’s manager and comply with the Company’s travel policy.

What you’ll do:

Teach and facilitate skills labs and clinical instruction across assigned Stepful cohorts.

Demonstrate proper techniques, provide live step-by-step instruction, and supervise practice.

Assess student competency and provide feedback and remediation as needed.

Ensure students achieve mastery of skills before advancing to clinical rotations.

Coordinate with hospital preceptors to align experiences with program goals.

Document student progress and report clinical outcomes.

Represent Stepful on client and partner calls, supporting our solutions team with implementation.

Provide insights to enhance the student and partner experience.

What you’ll bring:

Willingness to travel to multiple clinical sites around the United States (this is a travel-based role!)

Current Surgical Tech certification (CST or NCCT)

3+ years of experience teaching Surgical Technology in a lab or school setting

Hands-on experience as a Surgical Technologist in the operating room

Strong written and oral communication skills

The ability to be hands-on, resourceful, and willing to do what it takes to get the job done and thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments

Current BLS certification

Bonus points if you have:

CRCST certification and/or experience teaching Sterile Processing

Bachelor’s degree in a related healthcare field

Experience with competency-based education models

Experience supporting diverse and underserved student populations

Familiarity with NCCT certification requirements

Previous experience with online or hybrid education programs

Interview Process:

Intro Call with Talent Team

Interview with Program Director