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Surgical Technologist

  • Category: Patient Care Support
  • Location: Pittsburgh, PA
  • Type: Full-Time · Rotating

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About this role

Are you ready to take your surgical expertise to the next level? ST Health Presbyterian is seeking full-time Surgical Technologists to become an integral part of our world-class Operating Room team.

Why ST Health Presbyterian?

  • Home to a Level 1 Trauma and Transplant OR, where innovation meets lifesaving care.
  • Experience 46 state-of-the-art ORs and 10 specialized service lines, giving you exposure to a diverse range of procedures.
  • A fast-paced, dynamic environment where continuous learning and professional growth are encouraged.
  • Work alongside leading surgical teams and cutting-edge medical professionals.

What You Can Expect:

  • A role that encompasses all shifts 24/7, ensuring vital surgical support around the clock. Limited weekends and nights, plus call.
  • Placement within our career ladder system, matching your title and salary to your unique experience and education.
  • A chance to make a real impact in the lives of patients every day.
  • Exciting news! We are currently offering a generous sign-on bonus of up to $25,000 for Surgical Technologist positions. The amount of the bonus depends on your experience and commitment length—a fantastic opportunity to be rewarded for your expertise!

If you’re passionate about surgical excellence and thrive in a high-energy environment, we want to hear from you! Apply today and be part of a team that’s changing lives.

**Experienced Surgical Technologists can inquire about our weekend and night programs, which offer additional shift differentials to reward staff working those hours.

Responsibilities:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Assist the surgical team with putting on sterile gowns and gloves.
  • 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.
  • Ensure all medications are labeled and handed to surgeon according to established policies and procedures.
  • After surgery, may help transfer patients to the recovery room. Clean and restock the operating room.
  • Ensure clean, safe environment through continued alertness to safety and explosive hazards and aseptic technique.
  • PA Legislature House Bill 81 enacted 10/29/2020 and became effective 12/28/2020:
    • 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 (12/28/2020)
    • OR Employed as a surg tech at another health care facility two years before effective date (12/28/2020).
  • 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.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

  • CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
  • Act 34 Criminal Clearance
  • Basic Life Support or Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation

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).

ST Health is an equal opportunity employer. Minority/Females/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. 

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Naomi started as a nursing intern. Today she leads a team of 22.

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I never had to leave to grow. Every couple of years there was a new chapter waiting, and a manager who actively wanted me to outgrow them.

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    Learned the floor and shadowed charge nurses on Med-Surg.

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Up to $5,250/yr in tuition support plus paid certification fees — many of our techs are in degree programs while working.

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Our patient-care-support roles feed directly into nursing and allied pipelines, with tuition support and schedules that flex around school.

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[00:00] Sam, PCT: I started as a patient-care tech straight out of high school, not sure where it would lead. [00:47] Narrator: Pepper's tuition assistance covers up to a set amount each year toward a clinical degree. [01:40] Sam, PCT: My manager built my schedule around class. I'm two semesters from my RN now. [02:39] Sam, PCT: They didn't just give me a job — they gave me a career ladder, and then helped me climb it.

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