Supervisory Health Technician (Surgical)

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Supervise staff by setting and adjusting short/long term priorities and assigning work to subordinates based on the priorities, assignments, and available skills.

Develop performance objectives and evaluates the work performance of subordinates.

Approve staff absences and certifies timecards.

Check to ensure patients have been prepped for surgery, and that there are no signs of respiratory, viral, clinical infection, or skin disorders that may delay or cancel surgery.

Select, assemble, and organize required supplies, equipment, and instruments for specific surgical procedure in accordance with operative work sheets, physician preference cards, and/or conferring with physician or charge nurse.

Open instrument sets, pours solutions, set up equipment, and makes adjustments to such equipment as electric coagulators, electric bone saws, operating microscopes, air power drills, defibrillators, and resuscitators.