Full Time Surgical Technologist - UPMC Jameson

UPMC • New Castle, PA

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About The Position

UPMC Jameson in New Castle, Pennsylvania, is hiring a Surgical Technologist for its Surgical Services Team. This full-time regionalized position travels between UPMC Horizon - Shenango Valley and UPMC Jameson. The schedule is daylight, Monday through Friday, with on-call coverage required, including holiday and weekend on-call.

The Surgical Technologist performs tasks that assist the surgical team in the operating room. The role includes arranging sterile setups, preparing supplies and equipment, passing instruments and other sterile supplies during procedures, and helping maintain a clean and safe operating room. During procedures, the technologist may handle special trays and graft materials and record patient data.

Candidates are selected for a job title within the career ladder based on education, experience, and manager discretion at the time of offer. UPMC advertises new starting rates and sign-on bonuses for full-time and part-time Surgical Technologist positions; bonus amounts depend on surgical technology experience and the selected commitment period.

Requirements

• Meet applicable Pennsylvania surgical technologist qualifications: completion of a program sponsored by a nationally recognized institutional or programmatic accreditor and maintenance of certification; completion of an appropriate military training program; maintenance of certification from an accredited program; or qualifying employment as a surgical technologist before the applicable statutory effective date.
• Comply with continuing education requirements specified by the credentialing organization for certification. Individuals who are not certified must complete 30 hours of continuing education every two years.
• CPR certification meeting AHA standards, including didactic and skills demonstration components, within 30 days of hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) or Tech in Surgery-Certified (TSC); certification is required within six months of program completion, subject to the stated statutory exceptions.
• New graduates of an appropriately accredited program may work for six months before certification but must become certified within six months of program completion.

Responsibilities

• Perform in accordance with system-wide competencies and behaviors.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Prepare the operating room before surgery by setting up instruments, equipment, sterile drapes, and sterile solutions; assemble sterile and non-sterile equipment; and check and adjust equipment to ensure it works properly.
• Pass instruments and sterile supplies to surgeons and surgical assistants during procedures.
• Hold retractors or instruments, cut sutures, sponge or suction the operative site under the surgeon's supervision, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
• Ensure medications are labeled and handed to the surgeon according to established policies and procedures; access to medications is limited to distribution of the medication to the nurse.
• Maintain a clean and safe environment through continued attention to safety and explosive hazards and aseptic technique.
• Assist the surgical team with putting on sterile gowns and gloves.
• Prepare patients for surgery by washing and shaving them and ensuring aseptic incision sites; may transport and position patients on the operating table and cover them with sterile drapes.
• Assist with the preparation, care, and disposal of specimens for laboratory analysis and help apply dressings.
• After surgery, may help transfer patients to the recovery room and clean and restock the operating room.
• Check and restock the operating room; during procedures, may be responsible for special trays, graft materials, and recording patient data.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus for eligible full-time and part-time Surgical Technologist positions, with the amount based on years of surgical technology experience and a two- or three-year commitment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed