Surgical Technologist

Join an award-winning surgical team at UPMC St. Margaret where your skills, growth, and work-life balance are valued! As a Surgical Technologist, you'll play a vital role in supporting a wide variety of surgical procedures while working alongside a collaborative team dedicated to delivering outstanding patient care. We are committed to developing our staff through career ladder advancement opportunities, ongoing learning, and flexible support for employees pursuing additional education. This position begins with a daylight orientation schedule (6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.). After orientation, start times vary throughout the week based on departmental needs, with opportunities for expanded scheduling options. Most of our surgical cases occur during daylight hours, with evening, weekend, and holiday coverage supported through an on-call rotation. We are seeking dependable, motivated professionals who are eager to learn, support their teammates, and grow their surgical career in a highly engaged and supportive environment. At UPMC St. Margaret, you'll find a team that invests in your success, celebrates achievements, and provides opportunities to build a long-term career in perioperative services!

*The qualified candidate will be placed into the appropriate job title and salary based on relevant experience, education, and hours requirements*

Responsibilities:

• 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.

• 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.

• Assist the surgical team with putting on sterile gowns and gloves.

• 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 and 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.

• Ensure all medications are labeled and handed to surgeon according to established policies and procedures.

• After surgery, may help transfer patients to the recovery room. Clean and restock the operating room.

• Ensure clean, safe environment through continued alertness to safety and explosive hazards and aseptic technique.

• *Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.

• *Performs other duties as assigned.

NY State Law: Public Health Law 2824 Chapter 292 of the Laws of 2013 enacted 01/01/2015

7. A healthcare facility may employ or otherwise contract with a
person who does not meet the requirements of subdivision three of this
section to function as a surgical technologist in a healthcare facility
if:

(a) after a diligent and thorough effort has been made, the healthcare
facility is unable to employ or contract with a sufficient number of
qualified surgical technologists who meet the requirements of this
section;

(b) the healthcare facility makes a written record of its efforts
under paragraph (a) of this subdivision and retains the record at the
healthcare facility; and

(c) the person meets the requirements of subdivision three of this
section within two years of the start of employment or contracting for
the performance of surgical technology.

PA legislature House Bill 81 enacted 10/29/2020 and became effective 12/27/2020.

Must have completed program sponsored by nationally recognized institutional or programmatic accreditation and maintains certification or Has completed appropriate military training program or Maintains certification from 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 - must complete 30 hours of continuing ed every two years.

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. Access to medications is limited to the distribution of the medication to the nurse.
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 prior to certification but must be certified within six months of program completion.

Entry level job 0-2 years experience.

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