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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”.

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Tasks for “Certified Surgical Tech/First Assistant”

Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
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.
Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
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.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
Order surgical supplies.
Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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