Junior Technician

Narayana Health; Jaipur; On-site; INR 280,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Narayana Health in Jaipur is seeking OT support staff to assist in setting up operating rooms for various surgeries, prep patients, and ensure equipment readiness and sterilization. You will work closely with anesthetists, surgeons, and nursing teams to maintain smooth, safe OT operations.

The role includes daily equipment checks, routine cleaning, and assisting with post-op turnover, with emphasis on safety and adherence to protocols. On-site hospital environment with rotating shifts.

Responsibilities

• Assist in setting up the operating room for the planned surgery, including arranging testing of equipment, supplies and accessories.
• Shave and carry out pre-op preparation of the operative site as per requirements of the surgeon.
• Check whether all equipment in the OT is in working condition daily, replace missing or damaged equipment as needed.
• Assist anesthetist/surgeon/nurses in preparing patients for the procedure and position them per surgeon's instructions.
• Circulate for cases during the procedure as needed for short periods.
• Relieve nurses during breaks between cases to ensure smooth OT workflow.
• Help cleanup of the operating theater after surgery, including disposal of used supplies and dispatching instruments for sterilization.
• Clean and change tubing/linen on anesthesia machines after cases or at day end.
• Check anesthesia trolley/crash cart for drug updates and validity.
• Know the function and case use of all OT equipment (C-Arm, microscope, cautery, OT table, suction, syringe pumps).
• Check cylinder supplies (oxygen, nitrous) as required for OT cases.
• Maintain inventory of all anesthesia equipment and report damages to Biomed/Engineering for repair.
• Receive and replenish sterile supplies from CSSD with nurses and organize on racks by specialty.
• Ensure daily cleaning of the C-ARM and adherence to OT safety protocols and procedures.
• Carry out any other tasks assigned by the supervisor as needed.

Job description

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• Assist in setting up operating room according to type of surgery to be performed, which includes obtaining, arranging testing of equipment, supplies and accessories as per schedules.
• Shave and carry out pre-op preparation of operative site as per requirements of surgeon.
• Check whether all equipments in the OT are in working condition daily, replace missing or damaged equipment and /or send to Biomedical Department after making entry in the books informing OT in charge.
• Assist anesthetist/surgeon/nurses in preparing the patients for the procedure, positioning them in a prescribed manner, as per surgery/surgeon, assist in moving patient into wheeled stretcher to ICU/recovery room after completion of operation.
• Circulate for cases whenever the need arises for short period.
• Relieve nurses in between cases for breaks.
• Assist in cleanup of operating theater following surgery: includes disposal of used supplies and dispatching instruments for sterilization / cleaning of equipments used in anaesthesia, etc and OT table accessories.
• Personally clean and change all tubing/linen on anesthesia machine after the cases are done or/and at the end of the day.
• Check all anaesthesia trolley/crash cart for update and validity of drugs.
• Understands the functioning and then knows the case of every equipment in the OT. (C Arm, microscope, cautery, OT table, Suction, Syringe Pumps, etc)
• Check cylinder supplies (oxygen, nitrous) as per requirements of OT cases.
• Keep and take inventory of all equipments/cables used for anaesthesia on all shifts and reports damage or breakage to OT in charge and send the same for repairs to the Biomed / Engineering department after entry in HIS/log book
• Receive and replenish sterile supplies from CSSD along with the nurses at the end of the day and place on racks allotted according to specialty
• Ensure and supervise cleaning of C ARM every evening whether it has been used or not.
• Knowledgeable of OT protocols and personnel safety.

To carry out any other tasks assigned by the superior from time to time.