Surgical Support Aide

Allina Health • Minneapolis, MN

2d • $22 - $29 • Onsite

About The Position

Surgical Support Aides at Allina Health play a critical role in delivering safe, efficient, and compassionate surgical care. You’ll be part of a trusted team that values your attention to detail, reliability, and commitment to patient wellbeing. As an Allina Health employee, you’re not just supporting surgery, you’re supporting healing, hope, and excellence in care! This is a 1.0 FTE position (80 hours per two-week pay period) with 8-hour Day/Evening shifts, variable start times, and weekend rotation per department needs within the Endoscopy Center. Key responsibilities include manual cleaning and disinfection of flexible endoscopes.

Requirements

• Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association
• Current BLS certification from the American Red Cross
• Allina in-house BLS training (within 30 days of hire)

Nice To Haves

• Nursing Assistant, Central Processing/Case Cart or other patient care experience

Responsibilities

• Supports care of the procedural patient
• Gathers appropriate supplies, instruments, and equipment for individual cases.
• Completes case carts and delivers to procedure area.
• Delivers blood products, lab specimens and medications as assigned.
• Assists in lifting, positioning and transferring of patient under RN supervision.
• Retrieves additional requested items during procedures.
• Retrieves ICU and station beds requested based on patient needs, ensuring oxygen tank has adequate PSI.
• Delivers and replaces various gas tanks. Including argon, helium, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, oxygen.
• Stocks linens in warmers and pass through windows
• Communicates with other departments with supply and equipment needs for Surgical Services (EVS, Linen, Supply Chain, Equipment Services).
• Replaces chemo hazard, pharmaceutical waste and recycled instrumentation containers.
• Retrieves crash cart, Lucas and provide emergency case carts during emergency situations.
• Identifies instruments requiring turn around for same day needs.
• Verifies each procedure has a case cart. Communicate with Charge Nurse for missing case carts.
• Transports patients from inpatient units to Pre-Operative Care Center/OSDU
• Facilitates operating room turnover
• Cleans/decontaminates procedure room, furniture and equipment after the case.
• Prepares operating room for following procedure.
• Replaces/restocks used items.
• Transports case cart, instruments, linen and trash to appropriate areas for reprocessing or disposal.
• Adheres to Infection Control policies and procedures.
• Docks high flow suction device and replace with clean unit for following cases.
• Handles sterile supplies and instruments per established standards
• Checks integrity of sterile packs and packaging before shelving or distribution.
• Verifies instrumentation has all necessary filters, external locks and indicators have changed color during sterilization process prior to placing trays on case carts or sterile storage.
• Cleans cabinets, equipment and storage shelving in designated area per schedule.
• Participates in maintaining safe environment
• Protects patient, self and others from injury during transfers, lifts and transports, by using proper equipment and body mechanics.
• Follows safety/security procedures for emergency and non-emergency situations.
• Ensures hallways and sterile storage areas are free of clutter to maintain proper evacuation from operating rooms, gas and electric shut-offs are not obstructed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental
• PTO/Time Away
• Retirement Savings Plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term/Long-term Disability
• Voluntary Benefits (vision, legal, critical illness)
• Tuition Reimbursement or Continuing Medical Education as applicable
• Student Loan Support Benefits to navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

What This Job Offers

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