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UPMC Hamot's Operating Room has opportunities available for Casual Surgical Technologists! We have a 17 suite operating room that offers wide variety of specialties from Robotics, Kidney Transplants, Trauma and almost everything in between. We provide high quality care for both our elective and urgent patients from infant to geriatrics. You are provided an opportunity to work with world-class surgeons and anesthesiologists from all over the country. Join our life saving team!

Shifts/Hours: Casual requirements include minimum of 8 hours of scheduled shift or 12 hours of call per pay period; plus 1 holiday per year.

Please visit the following link to learn more about this role and careers in Surgical Services: Surgical Services Careers at UPMC (https://careers.upmc.com/surgicalservices/)

_Job title and salary will be determined based upon qualifications and career ladder requirements._

Purpose: Perform a variety of tasks in an operating room that assist the surgical team. 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:

+ 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.

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+ Pennsylvania House Bill 81 was enacted on October 29, 2020, and became effective on December 27, 2020.

+ Individuals must meet one of the following to work as a surgical technologist:

+ Completed a program sponsored by a nationally recognized institutional or programmatic accreditation and maintains certification.

+ Completed an appropriate military training program.

+ Maintains certification from an accredited program.

+ Was employed as a surgical technologist in a health care facility on or before December 27, 2020.

+ Was employed as a surgical technologist at another health care facility within two years before December 27, 2020.

+ Continuing education requirements:

+ Certified individuals must comply with the continuing education requirements of their credentialing organization.

+ Non-certified individuals must complete 30 hours of continuing education every two years.

+ 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.

+ Surgical technologists may only distribute medications to a nurse; they are not permitted to administer medications.

+ Staff employed as surgical technologists on or before December 27, 2020, or employed at another facility within two years prior, are grandfathered and not required to have certification.

+ New graduates of accredited programs may work for up to six months prior to certification but must be certified within six months of program completion.

+ Entry-level job experience is defined as 0-2 years.

+ Under New York State Public Health Law 2824, Chapter 292 of the Laws of 2013, effective January 1, 2015:

+ A healthcare facility may employ a person who does not meet certification requirements if:

+ A diligent and thorough effort has been made to hire qualified surgical technologists.

+ The facility documents and retains a written record of its efforts.

+ The individual meets the certification requirements within two years of starting employment or contracting.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

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+ Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) or Tech in Surgery-Certified (TSC) certification must be obtained within six months of program completion.

+ Exception: A health care facility may employ individuals who do not meet certification requirements if:

+ A diligent and thorough effort has been made to hire certified surgical technologists.

+ The facility is unable to employ a sufficient number of qualified surgical technologists.

+ A written record of recruitment efforts is made and retained at the health care facility.

+ Recruitment efforts are documented and can be supplied for this record.

+ The supply of certified or eligible surgical technologists does not meet the needs of the organization.

+ Pennsylvania House Bill 81 was enacted on October 29, 2020, and became effective on December 27, 2020.

+ Individuals must provide evidence that they:

+ Maintain a surgical technologist certification from an accredited certification program, or

+ Were employed to practice surgical technology by the healthcare facility on or before December 27, 2020, or

+ Were employed to practice surgical technology as their primary function in another health care facility at any time during the two years immediately preceding December 27, 2020.

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire

+ Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal within 90 days of hire or transfer

+ Act 33 with renewal

+ Act 34 with renewal

+ Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

If you would like to discuss this opportunity with a Recruiter for Hamot Inpatient Nursing and Nursing Support, reach out to Jill Schlosser at [email protected]