Surgical Technician (Weekends)

UPMC•Altoona, PA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Functions as a member of the operating room or surgery center nursing team, providing direct care to the surgical patient and performing other related duties under the direction of the registered nurse. This is a Weekend Program position. Eligible participants must work 48 weekends per year and 4 hours per weekend. Surgical Technicians are eligible for a 20%25 differential percentage.

Requirements

Must have completed a program sponsored by nationally recognized institutional or programmatic accreditation and maintains certification, or Has completed appropriate military training program or Maintains certification from an accredited program, or Was employed as a surg tech in a health care facility on or before effective date of the act (12/27/2020) or Employed as a surg tech at another health care facility two years before effective date (12/27/2020).
Continuing education requirements: Compliance with continuing ed requirements specified by the credentialing organization for certification. For individuals not certified, they must complete 30 hours of continuing ed every two years.
CPR is required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
Certification Details - Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) or Technologist Surgery Certified (TSC) within 6 months of program completion: Note: Staff employed to practice surgical technology by the health care facility on or before the effective date of the law (12/27/2020) or who were employed as a surg tech at another health care facility two years before effective date of the law are grandfathered and therefore not required to have certification.
New graduates of a program sponsored by nationally recognized institutional or programmatic accreditation can work for six months before certification, but must be certified within six months of program completion.
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Nice To Haves

Specialty experience: Surgical specialties include but are not limited to: general, orthopedic, vascular, plastic and reconstructive, obstetrics and gynecology, thoracic, ophthalmic, neurosurgery, organ procurement, and endoscopic surgical settings.

Responsibilities

Utilizes hospital policy to meet JCAHO requirements.
Assists the surgeon as scrub technician according to prescribed standards. Scrubs and dones gown and gloves by performance standards.
Maintains proper traffic control in the Operating Room Suite. Maintains the use and cleanliness of autoclaves by following directions for use and cleaning.
Maintains correct count of sponges, instruments, and needles with the circulating nurse and reports correctness or discrepancies according to department policy. Maintains aseptic technique at all times.
Observes patients and is ready for emergencies.
Knows where all supplies are kept and can get them or put them away accordingly.
Assists in handling specimens as directed. Assists in the application of dressing, casts, and in the movement of the patient as directed. Assists in the clean-up of the room, furniture, supplies, and equipment after a procedure.
Assists in the workroom cleaning, storage, packing, and autoclaving of instruments.
Employee complies with established occupational exposure policy.
Set up tables, instruments, and supplies according to the type of operation. Assists in the preparation and draping of the patient and operative area according to need. Anticipates the need for instruments, sutures, sponges, etc.