Operating Room Technician | Surgical Services

Monument Health•Rapid City, SD

1d•$18 - $21•Onsite

About The Position

Monument Health is seeking an Operating Room Technician to join their Surgical Services team. This role is crucial in supporting the nursing staff by performing essential non-nursing duties within the Operating Room to ensure an efficient and effective patient care unit. The position is located in Rapid City, SD, and operates within the RCH Surgical Services department. Monument Health offers competitive wages and benefits for qualifying positions, including a supportive work culture, medical, vision, and dental coverage, retirement plans, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, instant pay options, paid time off accrual, opportunities for growth, tuition assistance, and excellent pay differentials. Flexible scheduling is also available.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED Equivalent in General Studies
1+ years of Housekeeping/Custodian Experience
Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department.
Very Heavy work - exerting over 25 pounds of force constantly (67-100% of the time), and/or more than 50 pounds frequently (34-66% of the time), and/or more than 100 pounds of force occassionally (up to 33% of the time), and/or more than 100 pounds of force seldomly to move objects.
Possible exposure to radiation and frequent exposure to contaminated needles and infectious body substances.

Responsibilities

Assists OR personnel with room turnovers, including total cleaning of rooms as necessary and upon request.
Assist OR personnel by delivering surgical and culture specimens to Laboratory or X-ray as requested.
Obtains blood products from the Blood Bank, prepares appropriate slips, calls Blood Bank for confirmation, logs appropriate time and temp and initials, returns blood by logging the appropriate information and returns to the Blood Bank in a timely manner.
Prepares beds and transport carts.
Ensures oxygen tank is full, linen is clean, and ambu-bags or monitors and IV poles are readily available to transport.
Assists with patient positioning upon request.
Assists with obtaining supplies/equipment needed for upcoming cases.
Upon request attains supplies from the core and returns unused supplies (core runner).
Returns equipment to storage areas after cases.
Maintains stock supply of clinical items on a per shift basis, e.g. organizes and maintains sub-sterile room, replenishes warmers and maintains scrub sink areas with needed supplies.
Responds to the needs of the department.
Prioritizes and organizes assigned tasks with minimum of supervision.
Effectively and efficiently completes all assigned duties per checklist.
All other duties as assigned.