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.

  • Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
  • Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
  • Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
  • Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.

  • Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities.
  • Position patients for treatment or examination.
  • Protect patients or staff members using safety equipment.
  • Record patient medical histories.