What are the responsibilities and job description for the Surgical Technologist position at UPMC?
Join Our OR Team at UPMC Community Osteopathic!
UPMC Community Osteopathic is hiring a full-time Surgical Technologist to join our dedicated operating room team. This position is primarily day shift including weekends, holidays, and on-call requirements.
In this role, you will support the surgical team by preparing and maintaining a sterile operating environment, passing instruments, sponges, and sutures during procedures, assisting with equipment setup and room turnover, managing special trays and graft materials, and ensuring operating rooms are properly stocked and ready for use. You may also be responsible for documenting patient-related data during procedures.
Whether you’re an experienced surgical technologist or just beginning your career, this is an excellent opportunity to grow with UPMC. We offer a sign-on bonus of up to $25,000 based on experience and commitment, along with strong career advancement opportunities.
*Applicants will be placed in the appropriate job title based on experience and education.
Apply today and take the next step in your surgical career at UPMC Community Osteopathic!
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.