TH Staff Assistant I, Operating Room

The Department of Perioperative Services at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time TH Staff Assistant I, Operating Room. The successful candidate will be responsible for opening the unit to receive surgery patients for surgical procedures, serving as a receptionist, checking in arriving patients, verifying patient demographics, checking source documents, creating charts for surgical procedures and surgeon preferences, notifying the OR and Pre-Op nurses of patient readiness, assisting managers with inventory and data collection, ensuring timely responses to patient needs, assisting with patient flow and bed throughput, collecting data for patient billing, preparing post-surgical charts and files for pickup by medical records, and providing physician support by managing various systems, maintaining patient logs in the recovery room, and ordering supplies and nutrition for patients. Additional duties will include monitoring current O.R. Control data to ensure patient throughput and operational efficiency, running reports to review cancellations and delays for both the O.R. and Endoscopy, covering the PACU in the evening to provide critical administrative support, creating and implementing forms and tools that enhance the functionality of the unit, conducting statistical data analysis and generating detailed reports to inform project decisions, developing actionable insights to improve departmental performance and patient care outcomes, and collaborating with managers on strategic initiatives to enhance operational workflows.