Surgical Technologist
- Be a vital part of the surgical team, ensuring smooth and safe operations.
- Support life-saving procedures by maintaining a sterile environment.
- Experience the excitement of the operating room firsthand.
💰 Earn $61K-$91K
📚 Vocational Training
Overview
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 surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.Scoop
Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)
Day-to-Day
- Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
- 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.
- Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
- Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
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Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Relating with or serving others
- Using data or completing tasks
- Working with my hands
You are skilled in 💫
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Speaking
You value 🙏
- Accomplishing things
- Having support
- Personal relationships
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Surgical Technologist
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