Surgical Technologist

UPMC•Pittsburgh, PA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital is hiring full-time Surgical Technologists for its Woman Care Birth Center. The team works in a five-bed obstetrical operating room alongside nurses and obstetricians, supporting procedures ranging from routine deliveries to complex intrauterine procedures. The unit is described as high-volume, collaborative, and nationally recognized for fetal therapy procedures. Positions are available on rotating, night, and weekend shifts, with no on-call responsibilities. A sign-on bonus of up to $25,000 may be available based on experience and commitment length, and career ladder advancement is offered. Candidates must meet Pennsylvania House Bill 81 requirements for practicing surgical technology. This can include completing an appropriately accredited program and maintaining certification, completing appropriate military training, qualifying through specified prior employment, or meeting the applicable certification pathway. New graduates of an appropriately accredited program may work for six months before certification but must become certified within six months of program completion. Continuing education requirements apply: certified individuals must meet their credentialing organization's requirements, while non-certified individuals must complete 30 hours every two years. CPR meeting AHA standards, including didactic instruction and a skills demonstration, is required within 30 days of hire.

Requirements

Meet applicable Pennsylvania House Bill 81 requirements for practicing surgical technology through an eligible education, military training, certification, or prior-employment pathway.
Complete a program sponsored by a nationally recognized institutional or programmatic accreditor, where applicable to the selected eligibility pathway.
Maintain certification from an accredited certification program, where required; qualifying prior employees may be grandfathered under the law.
Obtain Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) or Technologist Surgery Certified (TSC) certification within six months of program completion, subject to the stated exception for qualifying new graduates and the facility's documented inability to recruit sufficient qualified technologists.
Meet continuing education requirements specified by the credentialing organization if certified; individuals who are not certified must complete 30 hours of continuing education every two years.
Obtain CPR meeting AHA standards, including didactic and skills demonstration components, within 30 days of hire.

Responsibilities

Ensure medications are labeled and handed to the surgeon according to established policies and procedures; medication access is limited to distribution to the nurse.
Prepare the operating room before procedures by setting up instruments, equipment, sterile drapes, and sterile solutions; assemble sterile and non-sterile equipment and check that it works properly.
Pass instruments and sterile supplies to surgeons and assistants during surgery; hold retractors or instruments, cut sutures, sponge or suction the operative site under surgeon supervision, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
Assist with preparation, care, and disposal of specimens for laboratory analysis, and help apply dressings.
Assist the surgical team with putting on sterile gowns and gloves.
After surgery, help transfer patients to the recovery room when needed, and clean and restock the operating room.
Prepare patients for surgery by washing and shaving them and ensuring aseptic incision sites; transport patients to the operating room when needed, help position them, and cover them with sterile drapes.
Maintain a clean, safe environment by remaining alert to safety and explosive hazards and following aseptic technique.