What are the responsibilities and job description for the Surgical Technologist position at UPMC?
Full-Time Surgical Technologist Opportunity
UPMC Children's Hospital North Surgery Center
Position Highlights:
- Experience Required: Minimum 2 years of Surgical Tech experience and certification.
- Experience Preference: Candidates with 1 years of experience may be screened.
- Schedule:
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM.
- Four 10-hour shifts.
- No evenings, call, or holidays.
- Perks: Free on-site parking and career ladder advancements. Sign-On Bonus up to $25k depending on experience and eligibility.
Responsibilities:
- Assist in the operating room with case preparation, turnovers, positioning, and pulling for cases.
- Be an integral part of the team, supporting Central Sterile and Dental through cross-training.
Join our dynamic team at UPMC Children's Hospital North Surgery Center and contribute to exceptional patient care while advancing your career.
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.
Salary : $22 - $31
