Surgical Tech - Main OR

Summary

Responsibilities

• Performs preoperative procedures such as selection and placement of surgical instruments, supplies and equipment.
• Scrubs and assists surgical team in donning of gowns and gloves.
• Provides instruments, sutures and other sterile supplies during operative procedures.
• Drapes patient for surgical procedure.

Requirements

• Completion of an accredited Surgical Tech Program is required.
• Maintains all high risk and complicated cases and institute appropriate actions.
• Prepares rooms with appropriate instruments, sutures, supplies, and equipment.
• Aids in identifying, collecting, and caring for specimens.
• Aids in maintaining correct count of instruments, sutures, and sponges.
• Maintains and restocks supplies.
• Orients, instructs and trains assigned personnel.
• Opens sterile supplies and sets up for procedures.
• Decontaminates instruments, supplies and equipment according to established policies and procedures; handles and stores instruments, equipment and supplies appropriately.
• Communicates and interfaces with team members, patients, and medical staff to ensure high quality patient care.
• Transports patients to and from Operating room suite; position patients according to type of surgery.
• Performs biological and chemical monitoring in accordance with quality assurance standards.
• Adheres to TMC organizational and department-specific safety, confidentiality, values, policies and standards.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or GED.
• Experience: None required. One (1) year of surgical assistance experience preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of surgical assist procedures and best practices.
• Skill in the sterilization and set up for different surgical procedures.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to complete routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to listen and accurately interpret others’ communication or instructions to take appropriate action.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to calculate figures and compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs and apply basic algebraic concepts.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.