TES Surgical Services Assistant

Position Information

Requisition Number TES
3084P. Organ:
Clinical Sciences Division, College of Veterinary Medicine.

Title:

TES Surgical Services Assistant. Estimated

Hours:

40 per week. Assignment length: 6-12 months.

The College of Veterinary Medicine is hiring a TES Surgical Services Assistant
. This role ensures surgical rooms and instruments are sterilized, equipped, and supplied appropriately.

• Assists with ordering and receiving consumable medical supplies ensuring inventory levels are appropriate.
• Assists in accounting for and maintaining equipment used in surgical and sterile preparation procedures.
• Properly sterilizes, decontaminates, packs, and wraps surgical equipment and instrumentation.
• Performs minor maintenance of surgical and sterile equipment or arranges for repair when not in-house.
• Ensures surgical rooms are properly equipped for each specific procedure.
• May perform pre‑operative surgical scrub preparations/positioning of the animals.
• May assist in coordinating surgical schedules.
• May oversee the cleaning and maintenance of operating rooms, preparation room, and induction rooms.
• May perform various administrative duties (posting client charges for supplies used, maintaining surgery logs, reviewing and verifying supply invoices, maintaining records for sterilization equipment).

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

• 2 years of experience with care and comfort of animals.
• Associate degree in a technical or scientific field related to the area of assignment highly desired.

• Salary Range: $15.00–$17.00 per hour.
• Work Hours:
  
  Scheduled between 8:00 am–6:00 pm, Monday–Friday.
• City:
  Auburn, Alabama (State position).
• Posting Date: 10/17/2025. Closing Date: [not specified]

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