Student Surgical Tech

Operating Room Assistant

Provides assistive patient care in the Operating Room under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse. This position serves the following patient age categories: pediatrics, adolescent, adult, and geriatric.

Responsibilities

1. Assists with surgical process.

2. Demonstrates table set-ups and scrub techniques for complex procedures in and out of specialty.

3. Anticipates specific instruments, checks equipment, and obtains supplies for upcoming schedule.

4. Maintains asepsis throughout procedure; identifies and corrects breaks in technique.

5. Demonstrates and educates principles of anatomy and physiology as related to basic and complex procedures.

6. Demonstrates and educates safety practices as related to counts, sharps, positioning, specimens, and Electrical Surgical Units & Plan education for peer group.

7. Contributes to unit operations. Identifies and makes changes to preference lists.

8. Recognizes and actively participates in quality assurance and improvement activities.

9. Willingness to go to other specialties to broaden knowledge base.

10. Demonstrates professional accountability. Plans and teaches campus specific specialty competencies.

11. Planning and implementation of patient care.

12. Observes patient, alerts surgical team to symptoms, reactions, and changes in patient condition, and coaches others to recognize status changes.

13. Assists the RN with selected patient care interventions in a manner that is consistent with policies and procedures and offering coaching to new members of the surgical team.

14. Consults physicians and acts upon needs/requirements preoperatively and postoperatively. ***within scope of practice***

15. Completes assigned task and without prompting, seeks other departmental needs.

Qualifications

The following qualifications, or equivalents, are the minimum requirements necessary to perform the essential functions of this position.

Education/formal training/licensure/certification experience:

1. Currently enrolled in a surgical technology program.

2. BLS