RN Operating Room, Surgical Inst - Allegheny General Hospital
Allegheny Health Network
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Posted Aug 18, 2026 · Last seen active Aug 19, 2026
What this means for you
Allegheny Health Network is hiring for its own floors — no agency between you and the manager. The schedule rotates — ask early how far out they post it; that answer tells you a lot.
What the listing says
- Shift
- Rotating
- Weekends, holidays, call
- Rotation: Days/Nights with rotating weekends and holiday per policy
- EHR & union
- Union position
- Facility
- Level I trauma center · Magnet designated
About this role
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Skills for this role
Certifications
Requirements
- RN License
- Nursing policy compliance
- Patient condition reporting
- CPR Certification
- Child abuse clearance
- Preoperative patient preparation
- Surgery
- Magnet hospital
- Sterile field observation
About the employer
Allegheny Health Network (AHN) is an integrated healthcare delivery system and part of Highmark Health, a Pittsburgh-based interdependent enterprise that combines health insurance (Highmark) with clinical care delivery (AHN). AHN operates multiple hospitals, clinical units, and educational programs across the…
What reviewers appreciate
- Part of an integrated health system (Highmark Health) combining insurance and clinical care delivery
- Operates AHN Schools of Nursing, offering nursing education and faculty career pathways
- Formal emphasis on patient safety initiatives and quality patient care as outlined in Code of Conduct
What reviewers flag
- No specific negative review content was captured in the provided research data
- Limited publicly visible nurse-specific feedback from the scraped review sources
- As part of a large integrated system, nurses may experience bureaucratic or system-level administrative complexities typical of large health networks
Living in Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh rises from the confluence of three rivers, its steep hills and dozens of bridges giving every neighborhood a distinct skyline view. Former steel towns like Lawrenceville and Shadyside now mix cafés and hospitals, while UPMC anchors a strong healthcare job market. It's a compact, river-carved city where Rust Belt grit meets East Coast ambition.
- Metro price level · Pittsburgh area
- 5% below the national average
- BEA index 94.7 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,261/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $65,742/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
On your path
Operating Room is a specialty you move into. Periop programs often train from the ground up.
Worth asking
The posting doesn’t answer these. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through the base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday and call?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?