How do they match: Surgical Technologists

  • Anesthesia Technician
  • Certified Surgical Technician
  • Endoscopy Technician
  • Operating Room Technician
  • Operating Room Surgical Technician
  • Scrub Technician
  • Surgery Technician
  • Surgical Technician
  • Surgical Scrub Technician
  • Travel Operating Room Technician
  • Travel Surgical Technician

  • 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 surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

  • Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
  • Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
  • Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
  • Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.

  • Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment.
  • Sterilize medical equipment or instruments.