OR Assistant

Brown University Health Services • Providence, RI

277d

About The Position

Under general supervision but according to established policies and procedures performs variety of non-medical duties in support of Surgical Services. Such activities include but are not limited to transporting patients to and from Operating Room; picking up and/or delivering supplies materials specimens cultures and the like. Assists in preoperative scrubs; assists in lifting positioning and supporting patients. Cleans and prepares equipment utilized in surgical procedures; prepares material for sterilization. Assists in cleaning and maintaining the operating rooms. Assembles charge form packets.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Ability to recognize changes in patient's condition and report such to nursing personnel.
• Ability to perform simple numerical calculations in order to calculate and requisition supplies.
• Knowledge of aseptic techniques in order to ensure proper cleaning of rooms equipment and materials.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients with consideration of aging processes human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.
• Ability to read write and understand English with ability to perform simple numerical calculations.
• One to three months on-the-job training and experience.

Responsibilities

• Transports patients to and from the surgical suite.
• Reviews preoperative patient charts in order to ensure that all forms are signed and that all tests are completed; informs appropriate nursing personnel of discrepancy.
• Assists in surgical room preparation by ensuring basic supplies are available such as blankets solutions and syringes.
• Cleans furniture and equipment between cases.
• Obtains necessary supplies and equipment required for specific procedure.
• Assists in prepping patients for surgery; assists with preoperative scrubs; lifts and moves and positions patients supports and holds patients for spinal anesthesia injection and the like.
• Routinely inventories requisitions receives and stocks supplies in established areas including sterile linen instruments scrub clothes and the like in order to ensure availability to meet anticipated needs.
• Picks up supplies and materials for Surgical Services from various areas of the Hospital such as pharmaceuticals blood and plasma as well as routine supplies required by the department.
• Delivers cultures and surgery specimens to designated areas of the Hospital for analysis as appropriate.
• Assists in general cleaning and maintenance of the Operating Room such as washing equipment sorting and stocking supplies cleaning room washing stretchers and changing light bulbs and the like.
• Cleans dries packages and seals a variety of supplies and material to be sterilized such as washing assembling and wrapping basin sets for sterilization.
• Occasionally operates steam/water pressure sterilizers in order to clean and sterilize items.
• Assembles patient record packs of charge slips appropriate for specific surgical procedure to be completed by others.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: High school or GED