Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
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- Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
- Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
- Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
- Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
- Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
- Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood and glucose, for use during operations.
- Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
- Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
- Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, and diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
- Order surgical supplies.
- Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
- Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
- Prepare, care for and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
- Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses and anesthesiologists.
- Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
- Wash and sterilize equipment using germicides and sterilizers.
- apply appropriate physical restraint
- communicate technical information
- follow infectious materials procedures
- follow patient observation procedures
- hand instruments or materials to doctor
- identify body response variations
- inventory medical supplies or instruments
- lift or transport ill or injured patients
- make presentations on health or medical issues
- observe patient condition
- prepare patients for tests, therapy, or treatments
- prepare supplies or equipment for surgery
- take vital signs
- understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
- use clinical sterilizing technique
- use emergency medical procedures
- use hazardous materials information
- use interpersonal communication techniques
- use knowledge of medical terminology
- use quality assurance techniques
- use sanitation practices in health care settings
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