The Surgical Technician serves as a member of the healthcare team and provides technical support to the surgeon, registered nurse, and anesthesiologist in the operating room.
Requirements
- Cleans operating room between cases
- Ensures proper supplies, equipment, and instruments are ready for use
- Restocks operating rooms as necessary to meet par levels
- Assists other operating rooms for coverage
- Knowledge of surgeon preferences, procedures, instrumentation, and equipment
- Prepares cases for next day
- May operate sterilizer, lights, suction machine, and other designated equipment
- Ensures patient, procedure, operative site, positioning and equipment correspond
- Follows the center exposure control plans/blood borne and airborne pathogens
- Reports observed or suspected breaks in sterile technique and acts according to policy
- Performs hand scrub according to policy and procedure
- Arranges instruments and supplies for surgical procedure
- Maintains integrity of instruments
- Ensures proper counting of sponges, instruments, and sharps
- Assists in gowning of other personnel and draping of patient
- Anticipates surgeon’s needs
- Passes instruments to surgeon and/or assistant as appropriate
- Communicates needs to circulators to ensure efficient and uninterrupted progress of procedure
- Prepares and preserves specimens
- Verifies name, strength, and dosage of medication with circulator; confirms, labels, and place on surgical field
- Cleans and disinfects all tables, counter surfaces, stands, and floor
- May help transport patient and restock the operating room
- Performs other duties as assigned