Performance Requirements: Surgical Technology

You must meet the following performance requirements to ensure patient safety and welfare during your time in our program and throughout your career.

Physical Requirements

  • Visual acuity (with corrective lenses if needed) to:
    • Operate in dimly lit spaces effectively
  • Hearing ability (with auditory aids if needed) to:
    • Understand the normal speaking voice without viewing the speaker's face
    • Hear:
      • Monitor alarms
      • Emergency signals and call bells from patients
      • Equipment timers and alarms
  • Manual dexterity to:
    • Maneuver and transfer equipment while maintaining a sterile environment
  • Physical ability to:
    • Stand for prolonged periods of time
    • Lift patients and objects of 35 pounds or more
    • Push pieces of equipment from room to room
    • Maneuver in limited spaces

Communication Requirements

  • Communicate effectively in verbal and written form by:
    • Speaking clearly and succinctly when:
      • Explaining treatment procedures
      • Describing patient conditions or reactions
      • Implementing health techniques
    • Writing legibly and correctly in patients' records for legal documentation
  • Function safely under stressful conditions with the ability to:
    • Adapt to ever changing environment inherent in clinical situations involving patient care
  • Computer skills to:
    • Use a variety of software programs and the internet for research and course projects, including PowerPoint for presentations

 

Contact

Trinity River Campus East

Jeffrey Leonard, A.A.S.-ST, CST
Program Director

Email jeffrey.leonard@tccd.edu

Trinity River Campus

Health Care Professions
Advising Resource Hub

Kimberlyn Moore-Debrossard
Career Advisor

Call 817-515-1484

Email TR.HealthCareAdvising@tccd.edu

Advising by Appointment

Fall & Spring Hours
Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Summer Hours
Monday–Thursday: 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m.

Updated January 29, 2024