Surgical Technician
Bristol, Pennsylvania
Lower Bucks Hospital

Surgical Tech - Traveler

Overview

• Location: Bristol, Pennsylvania
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 07:00 - 17:00

Required Qualifications

• Surgical Technician with at least 1 year of experience, including experience within the last year
• Workplace violence prevention training (DCI/BVP)
• Driver's license

Onboarding Requirements

Background and Compliance

• Fingerprinting
• License/certificate primary source verification, run within 30 days of start and updated upon expiration
• Driver's license, state ID, or passport
• OIG check
• National criminal background check within one year of start
• SAM/EPLS check, searching for "Excluded Individual" with a visible search date (manually added dates are not accepted)
• PA Child Abuse Clearance
• Form I-9 (agency attestation accepted)
• Education verification (diploma or transcripts accepted if third-party verification is unavailable)
• PA PATCH
• Agency attestation, completed last after all other credentials are uploaded
• Signed job description, current and dated within the year (agency form accepted)

Health and Immunizations

• Drug screen, minimum 10-panel with THC, within 60 days of start
• Color-blind test, completed annually (Relias accepted)
• Physical/health statement stating clear to work, completed annually and within 60 days of start
• COVID-19: 2 vaccines and a booster, or a completed declination
• MMR: proof of 2 vaccines or a positive titer
• Hepatitis B: record of 3 immunizations, an immune titer, or a declination
• Influenza vaccine or declination, required November 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027
• TB test within one year of start
• Varicella: vaccination or titer showing immunity
• Tdap (declinations not accepted)
• Annual respirator fit test (general 3M 1860 mask accepted unless the facility directs otherwise)

Exams, Training, and Checklists

• Core competencies exam, minimum score of 80% (Relias or similar accepted)
• Specialty exam, minimum score of 80% (Relias or similar accepted)
• Skills checklist
• Workplace violence prevention training (DCI/BVP), completed through Relias or similar, or a free CDC resource

Documents Required at Submission

• Resume reflecting accurate, recent work history, updated at offer acceptance
• Two professional references, one from a manager or direct leader/supervisor

Optional Items

• Notarized name affidavit for any name discrepancies between credentials
• Positive PPD with negative chest X-ray, as an alternative to a TB test