Job Purpose:

Serves patients by maintaining the sterile field in the operating room; helping the surgical team before, during, and after surgery.

Duties:

* Prepares for surgical procedures by setting up the operating room; organizing sterile table with surgical instruments and equipment, sterile linens, and sterile solutions.

* Keeps equipment operating by checking and adjusting sterilizers, lights, suction machines, electrosurgical units, and diagnostic equipment.

* Supply ordering, maintaining inventory of all ASC supplies.

* Prepares patients for surgery by washing, shaving, and disinfecting incision sites; transporting patients; positioning patients on table; covering patients with sterile surgical drapes.

* Anticipates the needs of the surgeon by passing instruments; providing sterile items; holding retractors, cutting sutures, and applying dressings.

* Safeguards surgical specimens by preparing, caring for, and routing to laboratory.

* Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; participating in professional organizations.

* Enhances surgery department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

* Serves and protects the ASC by adhering to professional standards, ASC  policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements.

Job Requirements

*1+ YEARS OF RECENT EXPERIENCE AS A OR TECHNICIAN, CENTRAL SUPPLY, AND INSTRUMENT PROCESSING.
*Certification
*CPR/BLS card
*Surgical Experience, Infection Control, Organization, Medical Teamwork, Thoroughness, Quality Focus