Surgical Technologist
North Mississippi Health Services
Tupelo, MS

**Transporting Patients:**  

* Transports patients from nursing units to the holding preanesthesia unit ( PAU )
* Assist the circulating nurse to transport patients from PAU to the O.R

**Transports Specimens:**  

* Transports specimens to the lab and delivers blood products from the blood bank to the O.R. according to established policies and procedures

**Transports Sterile Supplies/Equipment:**  

* Transports sterilized trays, instruments and equipment to assigned OR rooms as needed
* Inspecting sterile package integrity, storage conditions and equipment for possible damage that would decrease its ability to perform needed functions

**Transports Potential Radioactive Supplies:**

* Transports supplies  and bio hazard trash to and from the appropriate area designed for radioactive contamination 

**Environmental Duties:**  

* Assists in cleaning assigned OR rooms during the turn over process 
* Mopping floor, and/or wiping down surgical bed, equipment, including trash removal

**Assist OR Team:**  

* Assists OR team in preparing for surgical cases
* Opens sterile supplies including disposables and surgical trays pertinent to OR procedure
* Making O.R. bed
* Positioning patient, holding extremities, setting up equipment to increase OR room utilization

**Monitor Traffic:** 

* Help limit traffic in and out of O.R. rooms to cut down potential contamination of sterile environment.

**Shave Preps:**  

* Performs preoperative shave preps as needed, according to policy and procedure.

**Education:**

* Attends required in-services, annual review and educational programs/training

**Regulatory:**

* Adheres to NMHS/NMMC Policies/Procedures/Guidelines
* Complies with applicable Local/State/Federal policies/procedures/guideline/regulations/laws/statues

**Requirements:**

* High School graduate or equivalent required
* American Heart Association (AHA) CPR certification at HCP Level; required
* Three months of orientation/training depending on experience
* Orientation/training will include aseptic techniques, safety, transporting patients, shave preps, OR process, knowledge of supplies and trays, Surgical procedures, environmental process and standard precautions
* Good written and verbal communication required
* Interaction with a patient population of all ages ranging from neonates to geriatrics, required