Surgical Support Tech

Surgical Support Technician

Your role as a Surgical Support Technician is crucial for smooth operations in surgery rooms. Prepare spaces before surgeries, manage turnover after, and ensure necessary supplies are available. Inventory upkeep and non-medical aid are important for a well-organized surgical environment.

Your responsibilities include cleaning surfaces and equipment in OR, decontaminating after surgery and as needed by the team, and disposing of hospital waste safely. You will also be part of transporting patients, lab samples, and supplies, executing different tasks. Managing inventory by monitoring levels, restocking supplies, and ordering as needed is crucial to maintain supplies in different areas. Checking supplies for surgeries is important. You will audit case carts based on doctor's preferences and restock as needed. Clinicians are supported inside and outside the operating room. You will open sterile supplies for procedures under the clinician's supervision. Surgical prep involves more than supplies. It includes checking instrument sets and selecting supplies for cases. Flash sterilization tests are also done. You will react to emergencies. Follow procedures and guidelines in place. Complete on-call duties quickly. Act as surgical team resource. Staff hired before September 1, 2009, as surgical support techs may hold retractors during surgery. No program completion required.

Preference will be given to applicants with past experience in a healthcare-related field. Familiarity with basic office equipment and computer systems is necessary. Proven capability to effectively multitask and autonomously solve problems is required. We value applicants who can exhibit precision in their work while also maintaining flexibility in dynamic scenarios.

EDUCATION - H.S. Diploma/GED Equivalent

EXPERIENCE - Less than (1) one Year of Experience

CERTIFICATION/LICENSE/REGISTRATION - Basic Life Support (BLS) or obtain within (30) thirty days of hire or transfer.

Baylor University Medical Center