What are the responsibilities and job description for the Surgical Technologist - East Side Surgery Center position at UPMC?
Join our dynamic team at UPMC East Side Surgery Center as a flex full-time Surgical Technologist! Experience the satisfaction of making a real impact. This position will work Monday through Friday, daylight hours, ensuring a healthy work-life balance. No evenings, weekends, or on-call shifts!
As a part of our commitment to your success, we offer an enticing Sign-On Bonus of up to $25k! This position will provide support to our OR department, with services including urology, ophthalmology, ortho, and plastics. Seize this opportunity to advance your career in a supportive environment where your skills and dedication are valued.
Apply now and embark on a rewarding journey with us. Your talent deserves recognition, and we're ready to reward it accordingly. Join us and let's make a difference together!
Your individual expertise and qualifications will guide us in placing you in the perfect job title and salary range from our Surgical Technologist Career Ladder.
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.