General Surgery Technician

Monday through Friday 9 hours shift; 1 hour unpaid lunch period

Occasional overtime

SPECIFIC TASKS AND REQUIREMENTS: The type of work may include, but is not limited to, the following:

• Provides surgical patient care activities.
• Transports patients, and related records to and from the OR and recovery room. Assists nursing staff with preoperative patient preparation activities.
• Helps with routing medical materiel management activities.
• Accomplishes routine safety checks and operator preventive maintenance on fixed and moveable medical equipment and fixtures.
• Performs routine and specialized housekeeping activities.
• Prepares OR for surgery by setting up and opening sterile supplies and instruments.
• Assists anesthesia personnel with patient positioning and anesthesia administration.
• Applies principles of asepsis, infection control, and medical ethics.
• Assists with terminal cleanup of OR and prepares for follow-up procedures.
• Receives, decontaminates, and cleans soiled patient care items.
• Manages instrument sets, supplies, and linen packs. Stores, maintains, and distributes sterile patient care items.
• Assists the circulating nurse with preparing records, reports, and requests.
• Confirms preoperative case cart accuracy. Manages and maintains preference cards accuracy. Prepares specimens for transport to the laboratory.
• Performs scrub duties in the Operating Room. Scrubs hands and arms and dons sterile gown and gloves. Prepares and maintains sterile instruments, supplies, and equipment of draped tables and stands. Counts sponges, needles, instruments, and related items with circulating nurse before, during, and after surgical procedures.
• Assists the operative team with applying sterile drapes to the surgical field. Passes instruments, sutures, and other supplies to the sterile operative team. Anticipates surgeon’s needs, and provides additional assistance as directed. Cares for surgical specimens on the sterile field. Cleans and prepares instruments and reusable supplies for terminal sterilization and decontamination.
• Performs recovery room or basic nursing duties. Assists surgeon and nursing staff with post-operative care as deemed appropriate by surgeon. Administers oxygen, helps arouse patient, and carries out surgeon’s post- operative orders. Assists with identifying and managing of postoperative complications. Provides post-operative instructions and paperwork for patient.
• Performs general clinic functions. Prepares patients, instruments, supplies, and equipment for specialized procedures in the OR and specialty clinics. Assists specialty surgeon during surgical and diagnostic procedures. Assembles, operates, and maintains diagnostic and therapeutic equipment. Orders diagnostic laboratory and radiographic procedures as directed. Performs activities unique to specific surgical clinics. Schedules clinic appointments and Surgeries. Prepares preoperative paperwork.
• Attends in-service training in new procedures, techniques, and equipment.
• Ensures a safe work environment, employee safe work habits and patient safety IAW regulatory agencies, infection control policies, and process improvement initiatives.