Operating Room Assistant: Irvine Recovery Room/PACU
About The Position
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is a nonprofit regional health care delivery network in Orange County, California, consisting of three acute-care hospitals with sixteen urgent care centers, eleven health centers and a network of more than1,800 physicians, 100 allied health members, 8,000 employees, and 2,000 volunteers. More than 30,000 inpatients and 550,000 outpatients choose Hoag each year. For over 70 years, Hoag has delivered a level of personalized care that is unsurpassed among Orange County’s health care providers. Since 1952, Hoag has served the local communities and continues its mission to provide the highest quality health care services through the core strategies of quality and service, people, physician partnerships, strategic growth, financial stewardship, community benefit and philanthropy. Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services including six institutes providing specialized care in the areas of cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, women's health, orthopedics, and digestive health through our institutes. Hoag was the highest ranked hospital in Orange County in the 2024-2025 U.S. News &World Report, the only Orange County hospital ranked in the top 10 for California. The organization was ranked the #5 hospital in the Los Angeles Metro Area and the #10 hospital in California. To learn more about Hoag’s awards and accreditations, visit: https://www.hoag.org/about-hoag/awards-accreditations/
Requirements
- Operating Room Assistant: Irvine Recovery Room/PACU
Responsibilities
- Patient transport
- General cleaning
- Equipment cleaning
- Gathering equipment
- Proper preparation and assembly of highly specialized equipment
- Specimen transport
- Room turnover
- Performing shave preps
- Assist the team with patient-care (positioning and prepping) under direction of RN/ MD/ Tech
- Prepare for the next procedure (set up trays, supplies, etc.)
- Maintain supplies for the modalities
- Facilitates patient flow
- Serves as a central point of communication
- Assists with patient transfers
- Remains with patients while awaiting their procedures as needed
- Room turnover goal is accomplished in 25 minutes or less
- Maximizing efficiency is expected
- Ongoing telephone communications between departments
- Assisting with prioritizing daily patient schedules
- Coordinating throughout in procedure room as directed
- Retrieving lab results
- Provides assistance to all hospital-based Imaging departments and campus adjacent imaging centers as needed to support patient care
- Transporting non-controlled pharmaceuticals to lab when ordered
- Responsible for educating lab staff regarding proper sanitizing practices and signs off competencies
- Responsible for orienting and sign-off of employees to supply distribution centers
- Collaborates with technologists to manage availability of sterile instruments available for use
- Responsible for receipt, distribution, and storage of supplies while utilizing technology-based LEAN par management system
- Serves as a department resource and product liaison
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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