Operating Room Support Technician

saintlukes; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Luke's in Kansas City, MO seeks a dedicated Surgical Support Specialist to assist the operating room team. You will plan daily activities, organize workloads, stock supplies, and prepare case carts with sterile instruments to support each surgery.

You will move carts to the OR, set up rooms per surgeon preferences, and ensure rooms are clean and ready for subsequent cases. You will maintain sterile techniques, transport instruments to sterile processing, and keep emergency carts stocked.

Qualifications

• 1 year of relevant surgical support experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan and prioritize daily activities needed to support surgical services.
• Organizes workload to complete responsibilities within assigned work schedule.
• Demonstrates efficient use of downtime.
• Knowledgeable of where department supplies and equipment are stored and can retrieve and replace accordingly.
• Adequately stocks routine supplies.
• Pulls surgical supplies from materials department as well as sterile surgical instruments to complete surgery case carts in preparation for the day.
• Moves case carts to the OR with required equipment for surgery and sets up the OR suite according to surgeon preference.
• Clean surgical rooms, furniture, and equipment after each surgical case.
• Transport used surgical instruments via case carts to the sterile processing department after surgical case is completed.
• Prepare surgical rooms for the next surgical case in accordance with the surgeon preference card.
• Transport sterile surgical instruments from the sterile processing department to the OR instrument storage room and OR suites as needed, utilizing the instruments scanning/tracking technology.
• Checks emergency cart for correct supplies and instruments in accordance with the surgeon call schedule and department policy.
• Clean and organize the equipment storage areas on a routine basis.
• Notify nursing staff of any broken or damaged equipment.
• Follows and understands instructions, seeks clarification of duties when needed.
• Identify safety concerns and will actively seek to resolve these issues.
• Consistently communicates and collaborates with colleagues.
• Has knowledge of and follows basic sterile techniques.
• Must be responsible for job knowledge and abilities including understanding and applying policies and procedures related to assigned tasks in the surgical department such as transporting patients, cleaning and safety.

Job description

Saint Luke's in Kansas City, MO seeks a dedicated Surgical Support Specialist to assist the operating room team. You will plan daily activities, organize workloads, stock supplies, and prepare case carts with sterile instruments to support each surgery.

You will move carts to the OR, set up rooms per surgeon preferences, and ensure rooms are clean and ready for subsequent cases. You will maintain sterile techniques, transport instruments to sterile processing, and keep emergency carts stocked.