Orderly

Intermountain Health • St. George, UT

2d • $18 - $23 • Onsite

About The Position

This position transports patients to and from the O.R., handles routine tasks related to patient care, organizes equipment, and provides general cleaning of surgical suites. The role requires working in the Operating Room and applying standards of sterile technique appropriately. Responsibilities include restocking supplies, assisting with room turnover (cleaning and preparing for the next case), and assisting anesthesia during turnover. The orderly also maintains department cleanliness by keeping hallways uncluttered and returning supplies/equipment to storage. Patient transport to and from surgery, as well as specimen transport (including blood and blood products), are key duties. The role may involve scrubbing into procedures, assisting with holds (organ, extremity, camera, retractor), opening sterile supplies, and assisting anesthesia when needed.

Requirements

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers.
• Pass Basic Aseptic Technique class.
• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, sterile indicator tags, colors, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment and instruments with precision and accuracy. This includes computer use and typing for documentation, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients.
• Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items.
• Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position with personal protective equipment for an extended period of time.

Nice To Haves

• Pass Basic Aseptic Technique class. Required within 90 days of hire or transfer into this job.

Responsibilities

• Transports patients to and from surgery.
• Handles routine tasks related to patient care.
• Organizes equipment.
• Provides general cleaning of surgical suites.
• Applies standards of sterile technique appropriately.
• Obtains and restocks supplies when needed.
• Assists with turnover of the rooms including cleaning appropriately after the case and preparing the room for the next case.
• Assists anesthesia when needed including turnover anesthesia equipment.
• Keeps department clean including keeping hallways uncluttered by returning supplies and equipment to their proper storage areas.
• Transports specimens appropriately including blood and blood products.
• May scrub into procedures and assist with organ holds, extremity holds, camera holds, and retractor holds.
• May open sterile supplies.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k)
• Many more benefits
• Tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution through the PEAK program
• 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates through the PEAK program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed