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Job Description

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.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2055.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 46,800.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 22.00
Currently, there are 105,720 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Surgical Technologists”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Surgeon's Assistant”

Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
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.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Order surgical supplies.

Related Technology & Tools

Electrosurgical grounding pads
Surgical probes
Sterad machines
Suturing needle forceps
Robotic manipulators
Neurotome drills
Coronary bypass pumps
Personal digital assistants PDA
Retractors
Pulmonary resuscitators
Air driver drills
Needle holders
Endoscopic vein harvesting equipment
Scalpels
Slow suction units
Autoclaves
Desktop computers
Surgical navigation systems
Lithotripters
Suture needles
Tablet computers
Warm air blankets
Chest drains
Loupes
Surgical pneumatic drills
Electrosurgical units
Washer sanitizers
Spark-gap electrosurgical units
Surgical robots
Laparoscopes
Eye lasers
Intestinal stapling devices
Remote manipulation robots
Autologous blood recovery systems
Defibrillators
Tracheostomy tubes
Ohio suction units
Suction machines
Motorized lift tables
Internal mammary artery IMA retractors
Surgical stapling equipment
Surgical retractors
Cholangiocath catheters
X ray machines
Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
Surgical robotics equipment
Central venous catheters
Anesthesia machines
Cardiac leg wedges
Lab specimen containers
Sternal saws
Ethylene oxide sterilizers
Thermal cautery units
Medical imagining laser printers
Kleinert-Kutz elevators
Portable suction units
Flash autoclaves
Mayo stands
Venodynes
Digital electrosurgical units
Voice activated surgical systems
Cardiovascular stents
Surgical drills
Vacuum extractors
Fiber optic luminators
Fluoroscopy equipment
Pneumatic tourniquets
Master control units or manipulators
Cavitrons
Personal computers
Hyper/hypothermia units
Endoscopy equipment
Syringes
Video cassette recorders VCR
Robotic arms
Fracture tables
Orthopedic arm boards with drains
Manual blood pressure units
Surgical aspirators
Insufflators
Ultrasonic cleaners
Linear staplers
Surgical dilators
Skin staplers
Instrument tables
Smoke evacuators
Cryo units
Surgical forceps
Orthopedic drills
Craniotome drills
Washer sterilizers
Instrument positioning equipment
Tourniquets
Electrosurgical monitors
Dermatomes
Ring stands
Autotransfusion systems
Wound drains
Microscopes
Surgical tubing or irrigation tubing
Wheelchairs
Adjustable height instrument tables
Surgical lasers
Eye magnets
Surgical drapes
Surgical drains
Intraluminal staplers
Suturing kits
Dermatome blades
Steri-vac aeration cabinets
Minidriver drills
Cryo-ophthalmic units
Electronic blood pressure cuffs
Positioning equipment
Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM diagnostic medical printers
Nerve stimulators
Continuous suction machines
Hemorrhoidal circular staplers
Argon beam coagulators
Notebook computers
Doppler ultrasound equipment
Surgical elevators
Stretchers
Electrocautery equipment
Blood/fluid warmers
Foot-operated suction units
Medical image database systems
Graspers
Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
Surgical clamps
Surgical dissectors
Cell savers
Endoscopic camera/video systems

Internet browser software
Supply documentation software
Nursing documentation software
Microsoft Excel
Database software
Microsoft Windows
Patient tracking software
Surgery workflow communication software
Microsoft Office
Word processing software
Electronic medical record EMR software
Patient scheduling software
PracticeWorks Systems Kodak WINOMS CS
Email software
Microsoft Word
Graphics software