Surgical Technologist

Join Our Team at UPMC Mercy Pavilion!

UPMC Mercy Pavilion is hiring full-time Surgical Technologists for our Same Day Surgery Center (SDSC) Operating Room. New grads from accredited programs are welcome!

Why Choose Us?

• Sign-On Bonuses: Up to $25,000 for eligible candidates based on experience and commitment.
• Competitive Wages & Benefits: Including tuition reimbursement and working with top clinicians and researchers.
• State-of-the-Art Facility: 6 modern operating rooms with cutting-edge technology.

Specialties:

• Ophthalmology, ENT, Voice, Ortho Upper & Lower Extremity: Mostly outpatient surgeries with 24/7 Retina coverage. UPMC Mercy is the only hospital within a 100-mile radius performing Retina surgery.

Team Excellence:

• Recognized Talent: Two Surgical Techs received a Presidential Citation from the American Laryngology Society in April 2022.
• Supportive Environment: Join a dedicated, hardworking team.

Flexible Scheduling:

• Daylight Shifts: Monday-Friday, 6:30am-3:00pm or 8:30am-5:00pm (until cases are finished).
• On-Call Rotation: Weekdays (once every 8-10 days), Weekends (once every 8-10 weekends), and Holidays (emergency Eye cases only).

Career Growth:

• Career Ladder: Titles and pay rates based on experience and education, with clear advancement pathways.

Ready to Make a Difference?

Apply today to join UPMC Mercy Pavilion and advance your career as a Surgical Technologist. We look forward to welcoming you to our team!

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 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.
• 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.

Qualifications:

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.
• Completion of a formal surgical technician program offered by a community or junior college, vocational school, university, hospital or the military.
  • 0-2 years' experience for Surgical Technologist
  • Recent & upcoming graduates from an accredited Surg Tech Program are welcomed to apply!
• Additional experience may qualify for Intermediate and Senior level titles.
• 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.

Certification Details - Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) or Technologist Surgery Certified (TSC): Note: Staff employed to practice surgical technology by the health care facility on or before the effective date of the law (12/28/2020) 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.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

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

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

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