Surgical Technician

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Summary:

Provides, as an integral part of the medical practitioner team, surgical care to patients to facilitate safe and effective completion of invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. Under the guidance of surgeons, nurses, or other designated personnel, the incumbent performs preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative duties within the scope of licensure to ensure that the operating room or environment is safe, that equipment functions properly, and that the operative procedure is conducted under conditions that maximize patient safety.

Responsibilities

Summary:

Provides, as an integral part of the medical practitioner team, surgical care to patients to facilitate safe and effective completion of invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. Under the guidance of surgeons, nurses, or other designated personnel, the incumbent performs preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative duties within the scope of licensure to ensure that the operating room or environment is safe, that equipment functions properly, and that the operative procedure is conducted under conditions that maximize patient safety.

Incumbents are also accountable for utilizing and keeping current on the application of sterile and aseptic technique, surgical procedures, implementation tools and technologies, human anatomy as well as collaborating and communicating effectively with the inter-disciplinary team to facilitate a physician's performance of invasive and therapeutic procedures.

Essential Functions

• Prepares the operating room and patient for the surgical procedure by applying principles and techniques of asepsis to work assignments; sets up sterile equipment, instruments, drapes and solutions; assists with scrubbing, preparation of sterile field, gowning/gloving members of the surgical team.
• Helps the surgeon and any assistants put on their surgical gowns and gloves.
• Assists with positioning and draping of patient under direction of qualified practitioner.
• Assists with comfort and safety measures under direction of qualified practitioner.
• Transfers and positions patient to operating room table and covers them with sterile surgical drapes.
• Assists anesthesia personnel as needed under the direction of qualified practitioner.
• Actively participates in the Surgical Safety Checklist and Time Out on every patient.
• Provides safe handling and care for instruments and specimens in accordance with internal procedures.
• Hands the desired instruments to the surgeon during the operation; may also hold retractors and assist with cutting sutures, applying suction, applying surgical hand-piece to instrument and applies/removes cast under supervision of qualified practitioner.
• Performs all appropriate counts as required with circulator (at a minimum) prior to the operation and before the incision is closed.
• Help prepare, care for, and proper labeling and safe handling of specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
• Prepares the sterile dressings.
• Identifies emergencies (e.g. cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Malignant Hyperthermia, and other medical emergencies) and initiates and/or participates in the appropriate response to the situation.
• Sets up the operating surgeon’s sterile table to include instrument set up, clean up and turnover in preparation for the next case.
• Anticipates and plans ahead for the surgeon’s equipment needs, based on knowledge of procedure.
• Operates sterilization devices, including immediate use containment devices, autoclaves, and other types of sterilizers following the manufacturers’ instructions. Understands the concepts of sterilizer challenge devices and sterilizer biological indicators and their appropriate use, monitoring and tracking.
• Operates sterilizers with the appropriate sterilization cycle and following manufacturer’s instructions.
• Verifies and documents Immediate Use Steam Sterilization loads and biological data per protocol.
• Identifies…