PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists department leader with the delegation of assignments, scheduling and staff training. Provides feedback during performance review process. Ensures surgery preference cards are completed accurately.
• Anticipates and plans routine care for the patient based on basic knowledge of surgical cases and anticipates some unexpected patient and surgeon needs.
• Performs in the surgical technologist role, both running the table and assisting the surgeon on all routine and basic surgery cases utilizing the principles of surgical asepsis, infection control, universal precautions and life safety.
• Maintains an orderly and organized work environment and takes responsibility for the maintenance and care of all equipment.
• Demonstrates prioritization skills, implements basic problem solving skills and with direction and prompting, performs within a coordinated manner when delivering care in high stress environments.
• Demonstrates the operation and function of instrumentation and equipment for routine cases performed in surgery.
• Maintains instrument sets, demonstrating understanding of appropriate sterilization methods and shares knowledge with less experienced staff on cases, equipment and instrumentation.
• Provides orientation, education and training to team members as required.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High school diploma or equivalent

EXPERIENCE

• One year experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Constant use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Constant lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Frequent lifting/moving patients.
• Frequent bending, stooping, reaching and gripping.
• Frequent use of clear vision at 20 inches or less.Frequent use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing over 50 lbs.
• Occasional use of clear vision at 20 feet or more.
• Occasional use of sitting, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional keyboard use/data entry.
• Rare kneeling.