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About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Cooperative work attitude toward and with co-employees, management, patients, visitors, and physicians.
• Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with others.
• Physical strength to move and lift equipment safely.
• BLS certification if wheeling patients out after recovery and discharge.
• Ability to regularly lift and/or carry over 20 pounds and push or pull over 25 pounds.
• Ability to stand and/or walk at least five hours per day.

Responsibilities

• Assist with operating-room turnover and clean operating rooms and surgical equipment after surgery, using universal precautions and standards of practice.
• Collect soiled linen from the ORs, SPD, Pre-op/PACU, and locker rooms and place it in the soiled utility bin.
• Terminally clean stretchers at the end of the day and after the OR is finished using them but before they are placed in PACU.
• Perform general cleaning duties to maintain the surgical suite and set up mop buckets as needed.
• Perform assigned errands and duties promptly, respond promptly to overhead pages, and complete other duties as assigned.
• Assist with stocking supplies in peri-anesthesia and peri-operative areas; restock ORs with linens and supplies, warmers, clean supply rooms, scrub sinks, and cabinets as needed.
• Assist with quarterly inventory and monthly expiration-date checks as directed by a Registered Nurse.
• Maintain BLS certification and practice aseptic handwashing according to CDC policy and guidelines.
• Assist with patient transfers in perioperative areas and follow protocols for emergency situations.
• Respect patient and family rights and comply with HIPAA requirements.
• Participate in staff meetings, in-service programs, and appropriate educational requirements.
• Communicate pertinent information, findings, problems, concerns, or ideas to the assigned nurse through appropriate lines of authority in a timely and effective manner.
• Seek guidance and assistance from the assigned nurse or Team Lead when knowledge or skill level is in question.
• Follow universal precautions, infection-control and isolation procedures, facility policies and procedures, and scope-of-practice requirements.
• Assist with orientation of new employees when appropriate.