Surgical Technician

Surgical Technician

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Functions as a primary scrub person responsible for handling instruments, supplies, and equipment during all surgical procedures such as: endovascular, open heart, thoracic, major vascular, neurosurgery, microsurgery, transplantation, gynecology, urology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, a full range of general surgery cases, minimally invasive procedures, and orthopedic surgery.
• Sets up sterile field with all required items for each procedure such as air-powered equipment, fiber optic equipment, laparoscopic equipment, microscopes, lasers, arthroscopy equipment, urologic equipment, recording devices, and other operating room supplies and equipment.
• Plans and discusses each procedure with surgical professionals and assures that all supplies and equipment are available prior to the surgical procedure.
• Prepares, organizes, and maintains highly complex sterile surgical setups.
• Observes and responds promptly to each stage of the surgical procedure and anticipates the needs of the surgeon by maintaining a high level of concentration for extended periods of time.
• Utilizes universal precautions and follows all infection control policies and procedures when handling specimens, supplies, and equipment.
• Assists the team members with care of the patient, i.e., positioning, prepping, and obtaining supplies.
• Assists the surgeon by performing such procedures as preparing skin grafts, suctioning, holding retractors, applying skin staples, and cutting sutures.
• Prepares prosthesis and surgical devices during procedures.
• Assists in training residents, medical students, nursing students, operating room technology students, and new Operating Room (OR) in the operation of equipment, sterile technique, handling of instruments, and OR procedures to include the scrub role in surgical procedures.
• Functions as a Genito-Urinary Health Technician, appropriately handling urological instrumentation and equipment, including lasers, cryotherapy, and ultrasound and uroflow machines.
• Sets up urology tables in the Genito-Urinary suite.
• Provides transportation of patients to and from the OR, as assigned.
• Accounts for the availability of correct prosthetics in the room, follows established procedures regarding prosthetic tracking.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm with possible rotation to 9:00am - 5:30pm based on the needs of the service. On-call time required

Position Description Title/PD#: Surgical Technician/ PD09305A

Physical Requirements: Duties regularly require providing manual assistance in lifting and positioning patients, most of who are at stages of unconsciousness. There are extensive periods of regular and recurring standing, walking, bending, lifting, pushing, reaching, and prolonged stretching to provide easy accessibility of instruments and supplies for the surgeon. Incumbent must be dexterous in passing instruments to surgeons without compromising principles of aseptic technique and in a manner requiring little or no effort from the surgeon.