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Health Technician Surgical Technician (Intermittent)
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- The operating room technician is responsible for being on-call/stand-by for emergency procedures 24 hours a day as assigned.
- The advanced Surgical Technician performs the following major duties: Works with the surgeon, anesthesiologist or anesthetist, and registered nurse as a member of the direct patient care team, before, during, and following surgical intervention, and performs, and is responsible for the following knowledge of, and adherence to current hospital, and departmental policies, and procedures.
- Independently scrubs for complex, extensive, specialized procedures in all surgical service specialties, i.e.: Aortic Aneurysms, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Video Assisted Thoracoscopies, Radical Prostatectomies, Total Joint Replacements, Laryngectomies, Laser Assisted Posterior Vitrectomies, and Urology Lithotripsy procedures.
- Sharing with the circulating nurse the responsibility for correct sponge, needle, and instrument counts pre, intra, and post operatively.
- Shares responsibility with anesthesia/circulating nurse for preparing, and identifying fluids, and drugs for intraoperative use.
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