The Surgical Assistant will help surgeons during surgery by performing duties such as tissue retraction, intravenous lines and completing documentation.
· Performs preoperative and postoperative duties to facilitate patient care
· Verifies the identity of patients and operative sites
· Discusses with surgeon the nature of the surgical procedure including operative consent and methods of operative exposure
· Diagnostic and laboratory data, patient-advanced directions and other needs
· Monitors and maintains aseptic technique throughout procedures
· Maintains an unobstructed operative field using surgical retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigating equipment
· Determines availability of necessary equipment and supplies for operative procedures
· Obtains and inspects sterile and non-sterile surgical equipment, supplies and instruments
· Operates sterilization devices
· Monitors patient intraoperative status
· Obtaining dental radiographs and dental imagine
· Complete patient clinical narratives
