Operating Room Assistant - Operating Room * Shift varies - 24hrs/wk

General Summary : Provides support as member of surgical team through transportation of patients, room turnover, inventory/restocking, assistance with equipment, cleaning and sterilizing equipment and smooth flow of patient care in the OR.

Requirements

• High school graduate or GED.
• Knowledge of sterile technique.
• Functional knowledge of surgery case set-ups.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Motivated, self directed and assumes responsibility for actions.
• Ablity to multi-task and plan for needs of all rooms.
• Physical and emotional attributes to meet requirements of position.

Good communication and interpersonal skills Essential Functions and Responsibilities :

• Works cooperatively with other team members to facilitate room cleaning and turnover time; moves into room just prior to patient's exit and performs cleaning, as needed.
• Performs other cleaning responsibilities as assigned by department.
• Cleans surgical equipment that is not performed by environmental services (i.e., anesthesia machines, monitors).
• Performs stocking responsibilities as assigned by department that are not performed by materials management.
• Performs department transportation needs as assigned.
• Picks up and returns equipment and instruments as needed, performs inter/intra-departmental transportation of equipment, instruments and patients.
• Performs basic patient care needs such as holding extremities for preps and assists with patient positioning.
• Maintains equipment and environment standards by checking and logging humidity levels and logs temperatures, solution warmers.
• Able to run biological testing on autoclaves per policy, steris testing and refridgerator temperature testing.
• Demonstrated aseptic technique.
• Open sterile supplies for procedures.
• Participates in the operation of autoclaves and cold sterilization unit.
• Transports specimens to pathology as requested using universal precautions.
• Greets and communicates with patient, significant others, members of the health care team and/or ancillary departments in a manner consistent with hospital values, standards and policies dealing with confidentiality.
• Demonstrates flexibility while responding to department and hospital needs; shows initiative in utilizing time effectively.
• Supports the principles of C.I. including: functions as an effective team member; focus on meeting and exceeding the expectations of internal and external customers; strives for continual improvement in the systems and personal competency; supports other members of the health care team to achieve principles of C.I. through modeling them in own role.
• Assumes responsibility for continually improving own expertise.
• Participates in continuing education and inservice programs related to achieving and/or maintaining competency in assigned skills and enhancing team functioning and effectiveness.
• Assumes responsibility for maintaining personal knowledge and demonstrate skills of required safety policies and procedures, as well a general safety rules and regulations appropriate for a hospital environment.
• Maintains documentation for participation in all required safety education on an annual basis as specified by Clinical Coordinator and Department Manager.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned contributing to the values and mission of the hospital.
• Work "On Call" satus for weekends on a rotating basis.

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• Health Care