Perioperative Care Technician

Texas Children's Hospital; Katy (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus seeks a Perioperative Care Technician to ensure age-appropriate surgical supplies, assist with patient transport, and support the surgical team. The role operates during daytime hours with responsibility for instrument handling and aseptic techniques in the OR environment.

Responsibilities include room setup, equipment setup, and collaboration with the circulating nurse.

Qualifications

• Required H.S. Diploma or GED
• Preferred 1 year Healthcare experience

Responsibilities

• Ensures the availability of age-appropriate surgical supplies, equipment, and instrumentation.
• Obtains daily room assignment after report. Informs surgical team that he/she will be the assigned PCT after assignments are made. Periodically checks with the circulating nurse during the procedure for any needs.
• Retrieves recovery room cribs/beds outside the OR room for each patient prior to the patient transport to the monitored unit and assists with transport.
• Delivers sterile and unsterile instrumentation/equipment, linen, and supply setups as designated by the surgical procedure.
• Anticipates equipment/instrument/supply needs based on the patient age and procedure; retrieves items and safely sets up equipment during room setup as assigned by the circulating nurse.
• Demonstrates aseptic and sterile technique for all supplies, instrumentation, and equipment according to AORN Standards of Practice and OSHA guidelines.
• Assists with maintenance of surgical equipment and supplies.
• Completes other departmental surgical service duties as assigned by the Manager/Service Coordinator.

Education

HS Diploma or GED

Job description

Job Description

At Texas Children’s Hospital, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values—Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust—we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day.

Work schedule: 9am - 530pm

Responsibilities

• Ensures the availability of age-appropriate surgical supplies, equipment, and instrumentation.
• Obtains daily room assignment after report. Informs surgical team that he/she will be the assigned PCT after assignments are made. Periodically checks with the circulating nurse during the procedure for any needs.
• Retrieves recovery room cribs/beds outside the OR room for each patient prior to the patient transport to the monitored unit and assists with transport.
• Delivers sterile and unsterile instrumentation/equipment, linen, and supply setups as designated by the surgical procedure.
• Anticipates equipment/instrument/supply needs based on the patient age and procedure; retrieves items and safely sets up equipment during room setup as assigned by the circulating nurse.
• Demonstrates aseptic and sterile technique for all supplies, instrumentation, and equipment according to AORN Standards of Practice and OSHA guidelines.
• Assists with maintenance of surgical equipment and supplies.
• Completes other departmental surgical service duties as assigned by the Manager/Service Coordinator.

Qualifications

• Required H.S. Diploma or GED
• Preferred 1 year Healthcare experience

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards

About Us

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city’s most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children’s without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.