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Now Hiring: Full-Time Surgical Technologist

Schedule: Evening Shift (1:00 PM – 9:30 PM)

Call Rotation: Includes weekends and holidays

Whether you're a recent graduate or an experienced Surg Tech, this is your moment to thrive at UPMC!

We’re looking for passionate Surgical Technologists ready to make a difference in patient care. Graduate applications are welcome, and candidates with 6+ months of experience are highly preferred. Final job title and salary will be based on qualifications and career ladder placement.

Sign-On Bonus Opportunities

Depending on your experience and commitment, you may be eligible for a generous sign-on bonus:

2-Year Commitment

$10,000 for 0–1 years of experience

$12,000 for 1–2 years of experience

$15,000 for 2+ years of experience

3-Year Commitment

$12,000 for 0–1 years of experience

$17,000 for 1–2 years of experience

$25,000 for 2+ years of experience

• Role Overview

As a Surgical Technologist, you’ll play a vital role in the operating room, supporting the surgical team and ensuring a safe, sterile environment for every procedure.

Key Responsibilities

Prepare the operating room with sterile instruments, equipment, and supplies

Assist surgeons by passing instruments and maintaining a sterile field

Handle specimens, apply dressings, and help with patient transfers

Support the surgical team with gowning and gloving

Maintain cleanliness and restock supplies post-surgery

Ensure safety and aseptic technique throughout procedures

May assist with patient prep, positioning, and transport

What You Bring

A commitment to patient safety and teamwork

Strong attention to detail and adaptability

Willingness to learn and grow within a supportive environment

Career Ladder & Growth

Final candidates will be placed within UPMC’s career ladder based on:

Education

Experience

Manager discretion

Ready to take the next step in your surgical tech career?

Apply today and become part of a team that’s redefining excellence in surgical care at UPMC Williamsport.

+ PA legislature House Bill 81 enacted 10/29/2020 and became effective 12/27/2020.

+ Must have completed program sponsored by nationally recognized institutional or programmatic accreditation and maintains certification or

+ Has completed appropriate military training program or

+ Maintains certification from accredited program or

+ Was employed as a surg tech in a health care facility on or before effective date of the act (12/27/2020) or

+ Employed as a surg tech at another health care facility two years before effective date (12/27/2020).

+ 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.

+ Note: Staff employed to practice surgical technology by the health care facility on or before the effective date of the law (12/27/2020) 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. Entry level job 0-2 years experience.,NY State Law: Public Health Law 2824 Chapter 292 of the Laws of 2013 enacted 01/01/20157. A healthcare facility may employ or otherwise contract with aperson who does not meet the requirements of subdivision three of thissection to function as a surgical technologist in a healthcare facilityif:(a) after a diligent and thorough effort has been made, the healthcarefacility is unable to employ or contract with a sufficient number ofqualified surgical technologists who meet the requirements of thissection;(b) the healthcare facility makes a written record of its effortsunder paragraph (a) of this subdivision and retains the record at thehealthcare facility; and(c) the person meets the requirements of subdivision three of thissection within two years of the start of employment or contracting forthe performance of surgical technology. **Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:** CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hireCertification Details - Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) or Technologist Surgery Certified (TSC) within 6 months of program completion: Exception: A health care facility may employ individuals who do not meet the certification requirements if after a diligent and thorough effort has been made they are unable to employ a sufficient number of qualified surg techs who meet the requirements (i.e. certification) and a written record of efforts is made and retained at the health care facility. (1. Recruitment efforts are documented and can be supplied for this record. 2. The supply of certified or eligible to be certified surg techs does not meet the needs of the organization).PA legislature House Bill 81 enacted 10/29/2020 and became effective 12/27/2020.Provides evidence that the individual maintains a surgical technologist certification from an accredited certification program or was employed to practice surgical technology by the healthcare facility on or before the effective date of this section or was employed to practice surgical technology as the individual's primary function in another health care facility at any time during the two years immediately preceding the effective date of this section.

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

+ Certified Surgical Technologists (CST) OR Tech in Surgery-Certified (TSC)

+ Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal

+ Act 33 with renewal

+ Act 34 with renewal

+ Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran