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Join the Action in the OR at UPMC Shadyside!
Professional Staff Nurse – Operating Room (Flexible Full-Time)
Ready to elevate your nursing career and step into one of the most dynamic environments in healthcare? UPMC Shadyside is searching for a dedicated Professional Staff Nurse to join our high-performing, team-focused Operating Room!
Why You’ll Love Working in Our OR
Structured Orientation for Success
- Monday–Friday, 6:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
- Supportive preceptors and hands-on exposure to OR nursing
Flexible, Balanced Scheduling
- After orientation: most shifts fall between 6:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
- Rotating evening and night shifts based on departmental needs
- Self-scheduling model to help support work-life balance
- Limited weekend schedule
A Team You Can Count On
- Collaborative, tight-knit environment
- Strong culture of support and respect
About the UPMC Shadyside OR
- 24 state-of-the-art OR suites
- Specialties include: Neuro, Cardiac, Ortho, Vascular, Urology, Plastics, Thoracic, Robotics & more
- Strong oncology patient focus
- 40 surgical cases daily — fast-paced, diverse, and never routine!
What You’ll Do
- Deliver compassionate, patient-centered care using our Relationship-Based Care Model
- Collaborate closely with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and fellow nurses
- Apply advanced critical thinking and assessment skills in a surgical environment
- Participate in patient goal-setting and care planning
- Communicate and document care effectively
- Build meaningful relationships with patients, families, and teammates
- Perform scrub role duties
- Receive placement on our nursing career ladder based on your experience and education
Under the general supervision of a registered nurse, performs advanced tasks on a regular basis in an Operating Room that assist the surgical team. Works on complex surgical procedures within at least 2 surgical specialties. Arrange sterile setup for surgical procedures; pass instruments, sponge and suture to surgeons and surgical assistants; prepare sterile supplies; assist in cleanup of the operating room; check placement and operation of equipment; and check and restock operating room. During surgical procedures may be responsible for special trays, graft materials, and record patient data.
Responsibilities:
After surgery, may help transfer patients to the recovery room. Clean and restock the operating room.
- Serves as a resource to other staff members; precepts students and new employees.
- Assist in the preparation, care for, and disposal of specimens taken for laboratory analysis and helps apply dressings.
- Participates in committees and inter-disciplinary teams.
- Assist the surgical team with putting on sterile gowns and gloves.
- 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.
- Collaborates with Clinician to disseminate new knowledge.
- Ensure all medications are labeled and handed to surgeon according to established policies and procedures.
- Ensure clean, safe environment through continued alertness to safety and explosive hazards and aseptic technique.
- 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.
- 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 and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.