PRN Surgical Technician - Fort Carson

SUMMARY

Assist the Lead Technician in the day-to-day operations of the clinic, the work of the Polysomnographic technicians, the management of support staff, and the ordering and maintaining of supplies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide surgical patient care activities.
• Transport patients and related records to and from the OR and recovery room.
• Help with routing medical materiel management activities.
• Accomplish routine safety checks and operator preventive maintenance on fixed and moveable medical equipment and fixtures.
• Perform routine and specialized housekeeping activities.
• Assist anesthesia personnel with patient positioning.
• Apply principles of asepsis, infection control, and medical ethics.
• Assist with terminal cleanup of OR and prepare for follow-up procedures.
• Receive, decontaminate, and clean soiled patient care items.
• Assemble, wrap, and sterilize instrument sets, supplies, and linen packs. Store, maintain, and distribute sterile patient care items.
• Assist the circulating nurse with preparing records, reports, and requests. Prepare specimens for transport to the laboratory.
• Perform scrub duties in the Operating Room. Scrub hands and arms and dons sterile gown and gloves. Prepare and maintain sterile instruments, supplies, and equipment of draped tables and stands. Count sponges, needles, instrumen