Employment Opportunities

Designation:	Surgical Service Technician - Keesler AFB
Location:	Keesler AFB
Job Code:	1002029
State/Province:	MS
Salary:	Not specified
Contact:	Luis Sanchez
Date Posted:

Responsibilities

Provides surgical patient care activities. Performs surgical tasks. Acts as team leader and member. Transports patients, and related records to and from the OR and recovery room. Assists nursing staff with preoperative patient preparation activities. Helps with routing medical materiel management activities.

Performs recovery room or basic nursing duties. Assists surgeon and nursing staff with monitoring and recording vital signs. Administers oxygen, helps arouse patient, and carries out surgeons post-operative orders. Assists with identifying and managing of postoperative complications.
Performs general clinic functions. Schedules and prepares patients and sets up instruments, supplies, and equipment for specialized procedures in the OR and specialty clinics. Assists specialty surgeon during surgical and diagnostic procedures.

Provides medical training to agencies and personnel other than medical. Truing includes areas such as aseptic technique and self-aid buddy care. Schedules inservice training in new procedures, techniques, and equipment. Provides required basic life support training.

Qualifications

Experience. Experience in functions such as general care and treatment of patients; assisting the operative team and nursing staff in surgery; preparing patients for surgery; and performing sterile, unsterile, and related surgical activities. Also, experience supervising and performing functions such as assisting surgeon and supervisor.