Job Description:

• 1) Performs any combination of following tasks before, during, and after surgery to assist surgical team: Places equipment and supplies in operating room and arranges instruments, according to instructions.

• 2) Assists team members to place and position patient on table.

• 3) Scrubs arms and hands and dons gown and gloves.

• 4) Aids team to don gowns and gloves.

• 5) Maintains supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, and glucose for use during operation.

• 6) Hands instruments and supplies to surgeon, holds retractors, cuts sutures, and performs other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.

• 7) Puts dressings on patient following surgery.

• 8) Counts sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.

• 9) Washes and sterilizes equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

• 10) Cleans operating room.