Lead Technician - Operating Room

aku; Pakistan; On-site; PKR 670,000 - 1,339,000; Full time

Job summary

Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, seeks a Lead Technician for the Operating Room. The role focuses on organizing the OR schedule, preparing patients for surgery, and supporting physicians during procedures to ensure patient safety and smooth workflow.

You will uphold infection control standards, supervise equipment use, and mentor junior staff while rotating shifts and covering multiple locations as needed.

Qualifications

• Diploma in OR Technician is required.
• Bachelor’s degree is preferred but not mandatory.
• Minimum five years of OR experience in reputable settings.
• Solid knowledge of scrub techniques, OR instruments and sepsis control.

Responsibilities

• Check operating room schedule for surgeries and coordinate accordingly.
• Receive and identify patients correctly for surgery or procedures.
• Assist in preoperative patient preparation and documentation.
• Assist physicians in complex surgeries (e.g., hysterectomy, laparotomy, C-section).
• Ensure time-out process and safe transport of patients within the unit.
• Comply with OR and infection control policies and standards.
• Maintain OR area cleanliness and unit inventory; support maintenance.
• Operate equipment per manufacturer’s recommendations and report issues.
• Mentor and train new team members in safe patient care.

Skills

Scrub techniques

OR instruments

Infection control/Sepsis

Team leadership

Work under pressure

Shift work

Education

Diploma of OR Technician

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

Lead Technician - Operating Room

Department: Nursing Services

Entity: Aga Khan Hospital, Garden

Location: Karachi, Pakistan

Introduction:

The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) is a not-for-profit healthcare institute that offers all medical services to their patients under one roof. In addition to the tertiary care hospital in Karachi, AKUH has a network of 4 Off-Campus Hospitals, 30+ Medical Centres, and over 300+ Clinical Laboratories, 50+ Pharmacies in more than 120 cities across Pakistan. It also offers Home Healthcare Services and home deliveries of medicine. The Hospital provides zakat for those patients who are eligible, and the health systems offers generous patient welfare to support those in financial need. In recognition of its high quality and patient safety, the AKUH is accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI) as an Academic Medical Centre and its Clinical Laboratories are accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for fast and accurate testing.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible to:

• check operating room scheduled for surgeries and procedures and coordinate accordingly for smooth running
• receives and identifies patients correctly for surgery/procedure
• assists in preoperative patient preparation and documentation pertaining to surgery
• assists physicians in complex surgeries such as Hysterectomy, laparotomy, and C-Section
• ensure time out process before surgery and assist in the safe transportation of patients within the unit and from OR to the ward and vice versa
• comply with Operating Room (OR) and infection control policies and standards
• ensures proper cleaning of OR area before and after surgical procedure
• maintain unit inventory of capital equipment and participate in planned preventive maintenance
• operate all equipment as per manufacturer’s recommendation and ensure compliance to safety policies and reports
• timely report any problem with equipment to supervisor for rectification
• ensures safe handling, cleaning and disinfection of the soiled surgical instruments and liaise with the relevant department for sterilization
• ability to mentor and train new team members in the provision of safe and quality patient care

Requirements:

You should have:

• at least Intermediate while having Bachelor’s degree will be preferred
• a Diploma of OR Technician
• at least five years of relevant experience in organizations of good repute
• sound knowledge of OR-related things, including scrub techniques, operating room instruments and Sepsis
• willingness to work in shift duties and at other locations
• ability to effectively work independently as well as in teams and handle work pressure.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.