Surgical Technologists
Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
Also called: Certified Surgical Technologist (CST), Operating Room Technician (OR Tech), Surgical Technician, Surgical Technologist (Surgical Tech)
Knowledge:
- teaching and course design
Skills:
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- keep your arm or hand steady
- hold or move items with your hands
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- notice when problems happen
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Self Control
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
- Adaptability/Flexibility
Technology:
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- MEDITECH software
Education:
certificate after high school
