Surgery technology assistant
Location of the training provider
Hamburg
Duration
3 years
State recognition
No
Type of training/education
Dual training: Academic and practical
Details
The training & education programme includes 1,600 educational hours as well as 3,000 practical hours in a hospital.
Training allowance
A salary is generally paid to trainees.
What are my activities in this job?
Surgery technology assistants are an integral part of the surgery team. They prepare the instruments and devices in the operating room before and after a procedure (e.g. resetting the instruments after the operation), are responsible for ensuring that work is done hygienically and antiseptically and provide physical and emotional care for the patient during their time in the operating room. During the surgery, they assist the doctor, handing them the surgical instruments (for example) and monitoring the patient’s respiration and circulation. They are also responsible for follow-up work in the operating room and maintaining and sterilizing the equipment.
Where can I work?
Surgical technology assistants work primarily in hospitals, outpatient surgery centres and specialised medical practices that perform outpatient surgeries.
What requirements must I meet?
- Secondary school certificate or
- First general education school leaving certificate and a completed two-year course of training/ education or
- Successful completion of ten years of schooling that extends the first general education school leaving certificate; other general schooling.
- General medical fitness
How much will the training cost?
Subject to certain costs, such as school fees or admission/examination fees.
