Operating Room Technician I

University of Tennessee Medical Center • Knoxville, TN

75d

About The Position

The position involves facilitating the transport of patients to and from the operating room (OR) under the direction of the RN team leader or RN coordinator. The role includes assisting the OR staff in ensuring proper patient positioning, delivering lab work, preparing blood products, and performing cleaning of the OR suites as needed.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required
• Related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Operating Room experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Assists with transporting, moving, and positioning of patients to OR from other nursing areas as assigned
• Positions patients for surgical procedure under supervision of RN and physician
• Cleans stretchers after each patient
• Maintains cleanliness in OR and cross-contamination between patients
• Maintains stock supplies
• Transports lab samples to lab
• Follows safety guidelines, maintains patient privacy, and teaches others the same
• Obtains sterile supplies, instruments for circulator, and opens onto sterile field aseptically
• Knowledge of aseptic technique
• Organizes and assists in end-of-case clean up
• Assists circulator in obtaining supplies prior to bringing patient to room
• Assists circulator in checking equipment
• Using aseptic technique holds limbs for sterile surgical prep
• Assists with maintaining appropriate levels of inventory by picking up needed materials when necessary
• Relays accurate identification of specimens and cultures
• Takes responsibility and maintains the safety of patients specific to their age-related needs in accordance with established policies and procedures
• Actively participates in department meetings, committees, conferences, and in-services
• Ensures patients are properly identified according to the patient identification policy prior to transporting to holding area or Surgery
• Transports patients with IV pumps and/or oxygen and requests assistance from other staff when needed
• Performs various other departmental functions on occasion, such as delivering schedules, supplies, lab specimens, etc.
• Using principles of asepsis, performs surgical hand scrub, gowns, gloves, and hold retractors for surgical procedure
• Assists the circulating nurse or anesthesia personnel in transferring the patient to the operating room table

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: High school or GED