Surgical Technologist- Operating Room

UPMC • Erie, PA

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About The Position

UPMC Hamot's Operating Room has opportunities available for Full-Time Surgical Technologists! We have a 17 suite operating room that offers wide variety of specialties from Robotics, Kidney Transplants, Trauma and almost everything in between. We provide high quality care for both our elective and urgent patients from infant to geriatrics. You are provided an opportunity to work with world class surgeons and anesthesiologists from all over the country. Join our life saving team! Shifts/Hours: Our Surg. Techs work a rotating 10- or 12-hour schedule to ensure 24/7 coverage. Job title and salary will be determined based upon qualifications and career ladder requirements.

Requirements

• Must have completed program sponsored by nationally recognized institutional or programmatic accreditation and maintains certification.
• Has completed an appropriate military training program.
• Maintains certification from an accredited program.
• Was employed as a surg tech in a health care facility on or before effective date of the act (12/28/2020).
• Employed as a surg tech at another health care facility two years before effective date (12/28/2020).
• Completion of a formal surgical technician program offered by a community or junior college, vocational school, university, hospital or the military.
• Entry level job 0-2 years experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in surgical specialties including but not limited to: general, orthopedic, vascular, plastic and reconstructive, obstetrics and gynecology, thoracic, ophthalmic, neurosurgery, organ procurement and endoscopic surgical settings.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all medications are labeled and handed to surgeon according to established policies and procedures.
• Before an operation, help to prepare the operating room by setting up surgical instruments and equipment, sterile drapes, and sterile solutions.
• Assemble both sterile and non-sterile equipment.
• Adjust and check equipment to ensure it is working properly.
• During surgery, efficiently pass instruments and other sterile supplies to surgeons and surgeon assistants.
• Hold retractors or instruments, cut sutures, sponge or suction the operative site under the supervision of the surgeon.
• Help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
• Assist in the preparation, care for, and disposal of specimens taken for laboratory analysis and helps apply dressings.
• Assist the surgical team with putting on sterile gowns and gloves.
• After surgery, may help transfer patients to the recovery room.
• Clean and restock the operating room.
• Prepare patients for surgery by wash, shave, and ensure aseptic incision sites.
• May transport patients to the operating room, help position them on the operating table, and cover them with sterile surgical drapes.
• Ensure clean, safe environment through continued alertness to safety and explosive hazards and aseptic technique.

Benefits

• CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal.
• Act 33 with renewal.
• Act 34 with renewal.
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees