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, instruments, and related items with circulating nurse before, during, and after surgical procedures. Assist the operative team with applying sterile drapes to the surgical field. Pass instruments, sutures, and other supplies to the sterile operative team. Anticipate surgeon’s needs and provide additional assistance as directed. Care for surgical specimens on the sterile field. Clean and prepare instruments and reusable supplies for terminal sterilization and decontamination. Perform recovery room or basic nursing duties. Assist surgeon and nursing staff with monitoring and recording vital signs. Administer oxygen, helps arouse patient, and carry out surgeon’s post-operative orders. Assist with identifying and managing of postoperative complications. Perform general clinic functions. Prepare patients, instruments, supplies, and equipment for specialized procedures in the OR and specialty clinics. Assist specialty surgeon during surgical and diagnostic procedures. Assemble, operate, and maintain diagnostic and therapeutic equipment. Order diagnostic laboratory and radiographic procedures as directed. Perform activities unique to specific surgical clinics. Assist nursing staff with preoperative patient preparation activities. Attend in-service training in new procedures, techniques, and equipment. Prepare OR for surgery by setting up and opening sterile supplies and instruments. Maintain regular and punctual attendance. Perform all other duties as assigned.

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None.