Operation Theatre Technician

DURATION: 1 Year
ELIGIBILITY: 10^th/12^th/Degree

Operation Theatre Technicians are allied healthcare professionals. They primarily assist Doctors in Surgery.  Their work includes arranging surgical instruments before surgery, sterilizing instrumentation before surgery, cleaning surgical instruments after surgery, carrying out Surgeons’ commands during surgery and taking care of anesthesia equipment.

OT Technicians is deployed at Operation Theatre of hospitals, ICU’s as well as he looks afters Emergency Departments. Their main task is to assist Doctors and Surgeons during surgery or emergency procedures. Operation Theatre technicians are usually part of a team that consists of Doctors, nurses and other allied healthcare professionals.

A successful operation theatre technician has thorough knowledge of following:

• Anatomy and Physiology
• Surgical Instruments
• Patient Monitoring
• Surgical Principles
• Pathology
• Hospital Training
• Operation Technology
• Pharmacology
• Surgical Procedure
• Medical Ethics
• Anesthesia Technology

Operation theatre technician pursues career in hospitals, emergency centres and private laboratories. They work in the operating theatres, ICUs and emergency departments of hospitals and nursing homes. List of openings available in the areas is as follows:

• Transplant teams
• Orthopedic clinics
• Gynecology sections
• Cancer units
• Surgery
• Special care baby units
• The field of research, education and training