Surgical Technologist

Surgical Technologist Sports Orthopedic Surgery Center

Small Team | No Weekends | No Call | Free Parking

Looking to join a tight-knit surgical team where your work truly makes an impact? Our 4-OR surgery center specializes in sports orthopedic procedures , offering a collaborative environment, predictable scheduling, and work-life balance you wont find in a hospital setting.

What Youll Do

Play a key role in delivering exceptional surgical care:

• Prepare and maintain a sterile operating room environment
• Set up instruments, equipment, drapes, and sterile supplies
• Anticipate surgeon needs and pass instruments efficiently during procedures
• Assist with retracting, suctioning, suturing support, and sponge/instrument counts
• Handle specimens and assist with dressings
• Support patient preparation, positioning, and transport
• Assist with room turnover, cleaning, and restocking
• Ensure all medications and supplies are properly labeled and handled

Schedule & Work-Life Balance

Enjoy consistency and flexibility:

• Shift: 6:30 AM 4:00 PM
• Schedule: 34 shifts per week (flexed based on needs)
• Includes 12 late shifts per week (rarely required to stay late)
• No weekends, no holidays, no call

Your Team

• Join a close-knit team of 6 surgical techs
• Work primarily in sports orthopedic cases
• Collaborative, supportive environment where everyone pitches in
• Flexible full-time structure allows for better scheduling around vacations and volume changes

Why Youll Love It Here

• Work-life balance with no call or weekends
• Free parking and conveniently sized center
• Tight-knit team with strong collaboration
• Opportunity to build expertise in a specialized surgical area

What Youll Bring

• Surgical Technologist experience (orthopedic experience a plus!)
• Strong attention to detail and sterile technique
• Team-first mindset and ability to anticipate needs in a fast-paced OR
• Commitment to patient safety and quality care

Make an Impact Every Day

If you're looking for a role where you can focus on quality care, build strong team relationships, and enjoy a predictable schedule , this is the opportunity for you.

Apply today and join a team that values your skills and your time.

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.,NY State Law: Public Health Law 2824 Chapter 292 of the Laws of 2013 enacted 01/01/20157. A healthcare facility may employ or otherwise contract with aperson who does not meet the requirements of subdivision three of thissection to function as a surgical technologist in a healthcare facilityif:(a) after a diligent and thorough effort has been made, the healthcarefacility is unable to employ or contract with a sufficient number ofqualified surgical technologists who meet the requirements of thissection;(b) the healthcare facility makes a written record of its effortsunder paragraph (a) of this subdivision and retains the record at thehealthcare facility; and(c) the person meets the requirements of subdivision three of thissection within two years of the start of employment or contracting forthe performance of surgical technology.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hireCertification Details - Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) or Technologist Surgery Certified (TSC) within 6 months of program completion: Exception: A health care facility may employ individuals who do not meet the certification requirements if after a diligent and thorough effort has been made they are unable to employ a sufficient number of qualified surg techs who meet the requirements (i.e. certification) and a written record of efforts is made and retained at the health care facility. (1. Recruitment efforts are documented and can be supplied for this record. 2. The supply of certified or eligible to be certified surg techs does not meet the needs of the organization).PA legislature House Bill 81 enacted 10/29/2020 and became effective 12/27/2020.Provides evidence that the individual maintains a surgical technologist certification from an accredited certification program or was employed to practice surgical technology by the healthcare facility on or before the effective date of this section or was employed to practice surgical technology as the individual's primary function in another health care facility at any time during the two years immediately preceding the effective date of this section. 

• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Certified Surgical Technologists (CST) OR Tech in Surgery-Certified (TSC)
• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran