Surgical Aide

Arnot Health System•City of Elmira, NY

2d•$18 - $24•Onsite

About The Position

Performs assigned duties under the direction of a licensed professional, surgical tech or member of the management team. The Surgical Aide plays an integral role on the OR team by ensuring that the surgical day/evening/night flows smoothly by providing assistance where appropriate. The Aide assists with the transporting of patients, performing errands, maintaining/replenishing OR supplies and stock items, sanitation of the OR rooms and routine maintenance of equipment. The Surgical Aide will work in collaboration with Central Processing Department staff to meet the department needs related to patient care.

Requirements

High school education or equivalent.
Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 30 days of hire date.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

Isolates and removes trash and linen for proper disposal after surgical procedures.
Transports patients from units to OR and SDS.
Coordinates cart exchanges and linen supplies from understanding of pre-printed audit sheet. Possesses basic understanding of inventory control and case cart preparation. Bundles add on cases as assigned.
Restocks blanket warmers as needed.
Transports and handles specimens, and maintains specimen container supply using appropriate PPE. Transports blood and blood products to and from lab as needed for immediate patient needs or as requested for stock or pending procedure requirements.
Performs temperature checks on surgical blood, drug and food refrigerators and reports discrepancies to the OR Charge RN.
Obtains post-op beds.
Restocks OR rooms, inner core and outer core. Checks supplies throughout the day to ensure there is no depletion of supplies including sterile trays, equipment and peel packs.
Maintains kitchen supplies and performs weekly refrigerator cleaning.
Cleans room turnovers and maintains decontamination carts using basic PPE and decontamination procedures.
Positions and/or aid in the positioning of patients for surgical or anesthesia procedures.
Understands and maintains aseptic guidelines in all of Perioperative Services.
Demonstrates age specific competency as per unit requirements.
Consistently demonstrates the ability to adapt to change in work load and assignments.
Completes assignments, by prioritizing appropriately, to provide consistent quality and quantity of work.
Functions with awareness of risk management and safety issues and reports concerns appropriately.
Attends staff meetings and/or reads staff meeting minutes, arranges for follow-up with OR Staff Development on questions or concerns.
Follows all hospital policies/procedures.
Maintains a complete understanding of the Arnot Health Emergency Procedures and roles pertinent to Fire Safety, Code Blue, Disaster and Hazard procedures.
Develops/maintains effective working relationships with staff and other members of the health care team.
Is responsible for attending all annual mandatory educational programs as required by position.
Employee understands and demonstrates the importance of satisfying the needs of the customer/patient by interacting with him/her in a friendly and caring way, being attentive to the customer's needs, both psychologically and physically, and by taking the initiative to maintain communication with the customer in order to provide a secure and pleasant experience with the Arnot Health. Communicates and hands off report to next shift.
It is understood that this lists typical duties for the classification and is not to be considered inclusive of all duties, which may be assigned. Some duties will be shift specific or as assigned for the smooth running and efficiency of the department.