Surgical Technician-Full Time

Surgical technicians assist surgeons and other medical professionals in hospital operating rooms and similar environments, preparing patients, rooms and equipment for surgical procedures.

Requirements

• Ensures that all of the equipment needed for the procedure is properly disinfected and assembled
• Performs technical skills and provides assistance to surgeons, anesthesia personnel, registered nurses, and other professionals in the operating room
• Plays equipment and supplies in operating room and arranges instruments, according to instructions
• Check that the equipment is in working order
• Assists team members to place and position patient on table
• Scrubs arms and hands and dons gown and gloves
• Aids team to don gowns and gloves
• Assist in draping patients, using sterile surgical drapes to cover them
• Maintains supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, and blood for use during operation
• Hands instruments and supplies to surgeon, holds retractors, cuts sutures, and performs other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation
• Puts dressings on patient following surgery
• Counts sponges, needles, and instruments as needed with OR Circulator (before, during, and after operation
• Washes and sterilizes equipment
• Performs SPD duties
• Cleans operating room