Cardiac Operating Room Associate

Upstate; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Upstate is seeking a Cardiac Operating Room Associate to support the cardiac surgical team in Syracuse. This full-time role requires expert scrub skills and comprehensive knowledge of cardiac procedures, equipment, and supplies.

You will supervise and mentor Surgical Technologists, serve as a preceptor for students, and contribute to continuing education, committees, and staff development. Collaboration with Nursing, Business Office, and Materials Management is essential to ensure patient safety

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited surgical technologist program or equivalent training.
• Current certification as a surgical technologist by a national credentialing body.
• Minimum 1 year of acute-care surgical technologist experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert scrub skills and knowledge of cardiac procedures.
• Supervise, evaluate, and mentor Surgical Technologists.
• Precept students, orientees, and physician staff.
• Participate in educational offerings, nursing committees, and staff meetings.
• Collaborate with Business Office and Materials Management for patient care and preparation.
• Plan and implement educational programs on new equipment and supplies.
• Monitor patient care in collaboration with the Nurse Manager to achieve high-quality outcomes.

Skills

Surgical scrub proficiency

CPR certification

Clinical collaboration

Education

Surgical technologist education/certification

National certification as Surgical Technologist

Job description

Cardiac Operating Room Associate

• Syracuse
• Allied Health
• Full-time
• Opening on: Jul 9 2025
• Nursing-OR
• State of New York
• TH CTS Operating Room Associate, NSSL2
• 85555
• UUP (State University Professional Services Unit)

Job Summary:

The Operating Room Associate for the cardiac team reports to the Nurse Manager and is responsible for providing expert scrub skills and specialized knowledge of all surgical procedures to include care/use of all equipment and supplies; provides supervision, evaluation, and mentoring of Surgical Technologists; acts as a preceptor for surgical technology students, specialty service orientees and physician staff. The Operating Room Associate presents and participates in educational offerings, nursing committees, staff and team meetings, and collaborates with the Business Office staff, Materials Management staff, and all nursing staff related to the care and preparation of the surgical patient. The Operating Room Associate facilitates meeting and learning needs of all students, orientees and staff, and is expected to plan and implement educational programs on the care and use of the new equipment, instrumentation, and supplies. In collaboration with the Nurse Manager, Assistant Nurse Manager, Clinical Leader and other staff, the Operating Room Associate participates in the monitoring of patient care to achieve high-quality patient outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications:

Graduate of nationally accredited surgical technologist education program or completion of an appropriate training program in surgical technology in the United States Armed Forces or Public Health Services Commissioned Corps AND current surgical technologist certification by a nationally accredited surgical technologist credentialing organization AND a minimum of 1 year experience as a Surgical Technologist in acute care hospital required. Demonstrated ability to scrub for all required surgical procedures required. CPR certification required by time of appointment.

Work Days:

Monday - Friday Day, 7am - 3:30pm, holidays, weekends and call responsibility

Message to Applicants:

This position is for a Cardiac Surgical Technologist. When not in cardiac cases, this candidate will be required to scrub other service lines

Recruitment Office: Human Resources