Surgical Tech – Scrub Tech Job Summary

The OR Surgical Tech - Scrub Tech maintains a proper sterile field during surgical procedures and provides technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists. The OR Scrub Tech hands instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, holds retractors and cut sutures, and performs other tasks as directed by the surgeon during operation. The OR Scrub Tech prepares patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure. This role assists the surgical team in scrubbing and putting on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing and washes and sterilizes equipment, using germicides and sterilizers. This position monitors and continually assesses operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs and prepares dressings or bandages and may apply or assist with their application following surgery.