Surgery Services Support Tech (North)

Community Health Network; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Health Network in Indianapolis, IN is seeking a Surgical Services Support Technician to ensure smooth operating room turnover, check case cart supplies, and pull sutures and medicines for scheduled and add-on cases. The role requires attention to detail, knowledge of preference cards, and the ability to work with surgeons, nurses, and coordinators in a fast-paced environment.

Candidates should have a high school diploma or GED and 1–3 years of related experience handling supplies, with

Qualifications

• Knowledge of doctor’s and various preference cards.
• Knowledge of suture and medicine.
• Knowledge of all supplies, including special orders.
• Communicate with coworkers including doctors, nurses, and coordinators.
• Writing skills to fill out order forms when needed.
• Math skills to calculate water supply and timing of room turnover.
• Reading skills to identify supplies, sutures, medicines and schedules.
• Ability to pull cases and train new employees in sterile technique.
• Teamwork and willingness to work late and in stressful hours.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• 1–3 years experience pulling supplies from preference cards.

Responsibilities

• Check case cart supplies and turnover rooms for surgeries.
• Pull supplies for add-on cases, including sutures and medicines.
• Handle changes to schedule and return supplies from previous cases.
• Set up rooms for the evening and run errands across departments.
• Order extra supplies for blood bank, breast center, labs as needed.

Skills

Preference card knowledge

Suture and medicine knowledge

Supply knowledge

Communication with staff

Documentation/writing

Math for supply management

Reading schedules

Case pulling

Team collaboration

Willingness to work late

Education

High school diploma or GED

1–3 years related experience

Tools

N/A

Job description

Join Community

Community Health Network was created by our neighbors, for our neighbors. Over 60 years later, “community” is still the heart of our organization. It means providing our neighbors with the best care possible, backed by state-of-the‑art technology. It means getting involved in the communities we serve through volunteer opportunities and benefits initiatives. It means ensuring our dedicated caregivers can learn and grow to stay at the top of their fields and to better serve our patients. And above all, it means exceptional care, simply delivered — and we couldn’t do it without you.

Join Community

Community Health Network was created by our neighbors, for our neighbors. Over 60 years later, “community” is still the heart of our organization. It means providing our neighbors with the best care possible, backed by state-of-the‑art technology. It means getting involved in the communities we serve through volunteer opportunities and benefits initiatives. It means ensuring our dedicated caregivers can learn and grow to stay at the top of their fields and to better serve our patients. And above all, it means exceptional care, simply delivered — and we couldn’t do it without you.

Make a Difference

The Surgical Services Support Technician is responsible for checking case cart supplies, turning rooms over for surgeries, pulling supplies for add on cases; including suture and medicine, taking care of any changes made on schedule; suture‑medicine and supplies, returning supplies from previous cases, filling water supply area, setting up rooms for the evening, run all errands; blood bank, breast center, lab, and ordering extra supplies needed for cases.

Exceptional Skills And Qualifications

• Knowledge of doctor’s and various preference cards.
• Knowledge of suture and medicine.
• Knowledge of all supplies, including special order.
• Communicate with coworkers including doctors, nurses, and coordinators.
• Writing skills to be fill out order forms whenever needed.
• Math skills to know how much water supply is needed to know the time of next room turnover
• Reading skills to know supplies, suture, medicine, and to know schedule.
• Ability to pull cases, know all sterile techniques and know how to train new employees.
• Ability to work well with others; know how to work as a team and be willing to work late and stressful hours.

Additional Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
• 1 to 3 years job‑related experience in pulling supplies from preference cards.

Why Community?

At Community Health Network, we build teams that deliver exceptional care through empathy, communication and collaboration. We consider ALL an integral part of the exceptional patient experience. We PRIIDE ourselves on not having employees but Caregivers. Join our Community as we make a difference in your community.