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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? ST Health 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 ST Health 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.
PA legislature House Bill 81 enacted 10/29/2020 and became effective 12/27/2020.
2 years of current surgical technician experience that demonstrates advanced knowledge of at least 2 surgical specialties. Surgical specialties include but 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.
In addition to those 2 years of prior experience – 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). 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. All of our 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 our needs.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.,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:
Certification for Surgical Technologist. 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: 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. 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.).
- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Certified Surgical Technologists (CST) OR Tech in Surgery-Certified (TSC)
- Act 34
ST Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
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$25.32–$35.13 / hr
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Why You’ll Love Working in Our ORStructured Orientation for SuccessMonday–Friday, 6:30 a.m.–3 p.m.Supportive preceptors and hands-on exposure to OR nursingFlexible, Balanced SchedulingAfter orientation: most shifts fall between 6:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.Rotating evening and night shifts based on departmental needsSelf-scheduling model to help support work-life balanceLimited weekend scheduleA Team You Can Count OnCollaborative, tight-knit environmentStrong culture of support and respectAbout the ST Health Shadyside OR24 state-of-the-art OR suitesSpecialties include: Neuro, Cardiac, Ortho, Vascular, Urology, Plastics, Thoracic, Robotics & moreStrong oncology patient focus40+ surgical cases daily — fast-paced, diverse, and never routine!What You’ll DoDeliver compassionate, patient-centered care using our Relationship-Based Care ModelCollaborate closely with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and fellow nursesApply advanced critical thinking and assessment skills in a surgical environmentParticipate in patient goal-setting and care planningCommunicate and document care effectivelyBuild meaningful relationships with patients, families, and teammatesPerform scrub role dutiesReceive placement on our nursing career ladder based on your experience and educationUnder 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.PA legislature House Bill 81 enacted 10/29/2020 and became effective 12/27/2020.2 years of current surgical technician experience that demonstrates advanced knowledge of at least 2 surgical specialties. Surgical specialties include but not limited to: general, orthopedic, vascular, plastic and reconstructive, obstetrics and gynecology, thoracic, ophthalmic, neurosurgery, organ procurement and endoscopic surgical settings. 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All of our 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 our needs.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.,NY State Law: Public Health Law 2824 Chapter 292 of the Laws of 2013 enacted 01/01/20157. 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Surgical Technologist, Int. — Pittsburgh, PA | Pepper Health (Library Build)
Surgical Technologist, Int. at Pepper Health, Pittsburgh. See the pay range, the schedule, and your recruiter’s name before you apply.
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# Surgical Technologist, Int.
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA
- Employment type: Full-Time
- Category: Patient Care Support
- Shift: Day Job
- Business unit: ST Health Shadyside
- Pay: $25.32–$35.13 / hr
- Organization: SFX Demo
- Posted: 2025-12-07T11:18:28.897Z
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…Where you’ll work
Pittsburgh, PA
A city of bridges, neighborhoods and world-class medicine. Affordable living, a booming health sector, and Pepper Health facilities across the metro — from our flagship Shadyside campus to a home-health network covering every borough.
- Pepper Health Shadyside
- Pepper Health Passavant
- Pepper Health Children's
- Pepper Health Rehab Services
- Pepper Health at Home
Benefits
Benefits from day one
Day-one health coverage
Medical, dental and vision start your first day — no waiting period, full- and part-time.
Tuition & certifications
Up to $5,250/yr tuition support plus paid certification renewals and exam fees.
Retirement with match
403(b) with employer match and immediate vesting on your contributions.
PTO & wellbeing days
Generous paid time off, paid parental leave, and dedicated wellbeing days.
Ladders & residencies
Nurse residency, allied apprenticeships, and defined advancement ladders in every area.
Family support
Childcare discounts, caregiver leave, and flexible scheduling that respects your life.
Stories
From people in this role

I came in as a PCT with zero healthcare experience. Two years later Pepper is paying for my nursing degree while I work the schedule school needs.
Career progression
Where this role can lead
Patient Care Tech
Senior PCT / Unit Secretary
PCT III — precepting new hires
Nursing school on tuition support
Graduate nurse at Pepper
FAQ
Questions people ask about this role
About this roleCan I cross-train into other modalities?
Yes — cross-training is how most of our imaging and lab teams grow. Your manager builds it into your development plan.
About this roleDo you support continuing education?
Up to $5,250/yr in tuition support plus paid certification fees — many of our techs are in degree programs while working.
About this roleIs there a path from entry roles to clinical careers?
Our patient-care-support roles feed directly into nursing and allied pipelines, with tuition support and schedules that flex around school.
About this roleWhat does advancement look like?
Defined ladders — tech → senior → lead → supervisor — with transparent criteria and pay steps published for every level.
Application process
What happens after you apply
Apply
Two minutes with Apply Start — resume autofill does the rest.
Recruiter screen
A real person reviews every application and reaches out.
Interviews
Meet your manager and the team — virtual or on-site, your pick.
Offer
Transparent pay, benefits walkthrough, and time to decide.
Welcome
Paid onboarding, a peer buddy, and your 90-day growth plan.
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