Associate Perioperative Support Technician - Evenings

UCLA Health and David Geffen School of Medicine; Lebanon (NH); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Dartmouth Health is seeking a Perioperative Environmental Services Technician to support the operating rooms in maintaining sterile, safe, and clean environments. This role includes mastering cleaning processes, rapid room turnovers, and preparing OR spaces for procedures.

You will learn terminal cleaning, handle surgical area instruments with care, and work under supervision of nurses or anesthesia staff. A $5,000 sign-on bonus is offered and Dartmouth Health benefits start on day one.

Qualifications

• High school diploma (or GED) strongly preferred.
• Ability to anticipate, prioritize, and coordinate work in a high-stress environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and demonstrates reliability and strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Master environmental cleaning processes for all Perioperative areas.
• Perform sterilization duties within MOR and prepare tables for procedures.
• Learn terminal cleaning to ensure MOR spaces are free of infectious materials.
• Perform rapid room turnovers and prepare OR after turnover.
• Clean and maintain other areas of OR on a regular basis.
• Ensure cleaning equipment is sterile and properly maintained; report faults.
• May be responsible to master floor cleaning and refinishing.
• Shadow PSTs in preparing infusion devices for trauma and emergent procedures.
• Orient to clean and maintain equipment needed for specialty procedures.
• Maintain nursing carts and supply areas; assemble surgical sets.
• Maintain and assemble disposable blood pressure monitoring equipment.
• Ensure gas tanks/regulators are available for patient transfer; maintain PPE stock.
• Handle sharps containers, soiled linen and trash properly.
• Under RN/Anesthesia supervision, learn patient positioning and point-of-care testing.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Independence

Reliability

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

52074924 Overview

$5,000 sign on bonus.

Monday - Friday, 3:00pm -11:30pm.

Dartmouth Health Benefits start the first day of employment.

Orients and completes the necessary competencies to perform a variety of essential environmental and material management functions that ensure patient safety, reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections (HAC’s), and create safe, clean and sterile work environments for the operating room staff.

Responsibilities

1. Masters environmental cleaning processes for all Perioperative areas including procedural and non-procedural spaces, restricted and semi-restricted spaces and all equipment contained therein.
2. Performs a variety of specific sterilization duties within the Main Operating Rooms (MOR) and other surgical areas and orients to prepare tables for various specialty procedures. Removes clean, unneeded equipment from OR and ensures trash and contaminated linens and instruments are properly handled and sent to appropriate destination. Handles blood, tissue, bodily fluids, recyclables and other materials safely.
3. Learns to perform “terminal cleaning”, an intensive cleaning process, ensuring that MOR spaces are free of infectious materials that cause hospital-acquired infections (HAC’s).
4. Performs rapid room turnovers using standards of OR sanitation and/or terminal cleaning and prepares OR after room turnover.
5. Cleans and maintains other areas of OR on a regularly scheduled basis.
6. Ensures that all cleaning equipment is sterile, safe, and properly maintained. Reports all faulty equipment to supervisor.
7. May be responsible to master floor cleaning and refinishing.
8. Shadows Periop Support Techs (PST) in preparing special infusion devices (FMS and Level 1) for trauma and emergent procedures.
9. Orients to clean and maintain equipment needed for specialty procedures.
10. Learns to maintain nursing specialty carts, nursing sets, all OR and anesthesia supply areas, and suture carts.
11. Orients to maintaining and assembling disposable blood pressure monitoring equipment.
12. Ensures availability of gas tanks and regulators for safe transfer of patients. Maintains supply of personal protective equipment.
13. Orients to ensuring proper handling of sharps containers, and soiled linen and trash.
14. Under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Anesthesia provider, learns to position patients for the administration of regional anesthesia and/or surgical procedures, orients to participating in the transfer of patients to stretchers, beds, and/or operating room tables, and learns to perform point of care laboratory testing.
15. Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma (or GED) strongly preferred.
• Ability to anticipate, prioritize, and coordinate work in a high stress environment (which involves responding to emergency situations and tight schedules) required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and demonstrates reliability and strong attention to detail.

Required Licensure/Certifications

• - BLS Certification at hire- Must be registered with the New Hampshire Board of Registration for Medical Technicians within four (4) weeks of hire

• Area of Interest: Allied Health
• Pay Range: $18.28/Hr. - $28.33/Hr.
• FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.00 - 1.00 - 40 hrs/week
• Shift: Evening
• Job ID: 41558

Dartmouth Health offers a total compensation package that includes a comprehensive selection of benefits. Our Core Benefits include medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, paid time off, and retirement plans. Click here for information on these benefits and more: Benefits | DHMC and Clinics Careers

Dartmouth Health is an Equal Opportunity and Aff

Dartmouth Health provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and to applicants and employees with sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. Applicants who require an accommodation during the application or interview process may contact [e-mail] for assistance.