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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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