Surgical Technician – Peds

Job Description

General Description:
Under immediate to general supervision, provides technical assistance in the capacity of a surgical (scrub) technician in an operating room, labor and delivery or other facility performing surgical procedures.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Learns to use Physician’s preference cards to assist in preparing the operating room for the surgical procedure.
• Prepares sterile field by the opening of instruments and supplies utilizing sterile technique.
• Performs the surgical scrub prior to the patient entering the room on all procedures.
• Assists in preparing operative field by assisting the physician in draping the patient.
• Preserves and ensures correct identification of operative specimens for laboratory analysis.
• Obtains special equipment such as electrosurgical machines and diagnostic lights and ensures that they are in working order.
• Manipulates such instruments to aid in the efficiency of the surgeon and avoid hazard to patient.
• Observes progress of surgery and provides additional instruments, supplies or other items as needed.
• Recognizes and corrects breaks in sterile technique.
• Participates in sponge, needle and instrument counts as directed by the circulating nurse.
• Cleans or sterilizes contaminated instruments, equipment and supplies; cleans operating room areas; disposes of soiled linen.
• Assists in the training of surgical technicians.
• If assigned to the Labor and Delivery unit incumbent may be required to perform a variety of clerical and technical direct patient care activities.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Knowledge of basic human anatomy and of basic first-aid methods and practices.
• Skill in maintaining an effective working relationship with others.
• Must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served by his or her service.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status; and to interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs and to provide the care needed by the appropriate patient age group (neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric).