Hospital Operating Room Assistant/Environmental Service Worker (Temp) - FlexStaff

FlexStaff; Norwalk (CT); Sur place; USD 25 000 - 39 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

FlexStaff is seeking an Operating Room Assistant to support patient care delivery in the OR on a temporary basis. You will transport patients, assist with positioning for surgery, and maintain a clean and ready operating room environment, including equipment prep and sterilization processes.

The role requires at least a High School Diploma and roughly 1 year of related experience, with preference for those who can read and speak conversational English.

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma and 1 year of related experience.
• Reading and speaking conversational English desired.

Responsabilités

• Transports patients to and from the operating room, ensuring safety.
• Assists in positioning patients for surgery and sterile prepping the site.
• Maintains and cleans OR equipment and rooms between cases.
• Restocks supplies and handles routine cleaning and disposal tasks.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Formation

High School Diploma

Description du poste

Schedule: Mon-Fri 7a-330p, 930a-6p and 3p-11p as needed.

OR experience preferred as they put together equipment for each case.

No on call and no floating

Summary:

The purpose of the Operating Room Assistant is to perform service functions that support the delivery of patient care in the Operating Room on a temporary basis to replace vacancies and FMLA employees. These functions include but are not limited to patient transportation, maintenance and cleaning of equipment and operating rooms, stocking supplies and running errands. Additionally, OR Assistant's perform a surgical scrub and hold retractors during certain procedures

Responsibilities:

1. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria A: Transports patients to and from the operating room area. Ensure patient safety. Reports any patient complaints. Assists nursing with lifting, rolling, moving, and transferring patients to and from the operating room bed. Assists in positioning patients for surgery. Holds limbs and assists circulator in sterile prepping the surgery site. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria B: Transports specimens to the laboratory, runs unit errands to and from ancillary units, such as pharmacy, medical records, radiology, ASU, medical units, etc. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria C: Re-stocks supplies, non-specialty carts, prep carts, and fills the blanket warmers in the sterile core as needed. Washes sinks and other plumbing fixtures and replaces supplies, such as paper-towels, soaps and toilet paper as needed. Polishes metal or other bright surfaces, cleaning glass and enamel fixtures with proper cleaning chemicals. Retrieves trays, nourishment, and linen daily. Puts nourishment supplies away.
2. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria A: Sets up the specialty tables and additional equipment for procedures for specific procedures Reports malfunctions or broken equipment to the manager or charge nurse in a timely manner. Returns cleaned equipment to respective location after use, maintains equipment storage rooms. Operates operating room-based sterilization equipment (i.e., Steris, autoclaves). OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria B: Cleans operating room suites and other restricted areas in between cases in an efficient and timely manner, maintaining clean and unobstructed hallways and scrub areas. Cleans OR suites as assigned daily, vertical and horizontal surfaces that collect dust, and cleans tops of windows, doorframes, TVs, and other high places, using ladder when necessary. Dusts, cleans and polishes furniture including beds. Cleans stretchers and beds and replaces sheets. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria C: Disposes of all linen and trash in the appropriate manner, adhering to standard blood borne precautions. Empty and replace sharps containers in all rooms. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria D: Mops floors in all areas on a daily basis. Wax, strip, and buff floors as needed (with additional training). Dry and wet mop floors of OR suites, other side areas, hallways and other areas as assigned, maintaining a clean, orderly area at all times.
3. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria A: Demonstrates positive performance behavior by listening and accepting instructions from the surgical team in a supportive, positive manner. Demonstrates ability to receive and give messages correctly. Communicates to patients, families, physicians and healthcare workers using caring and thoughtful words Performs other job-related duties as assigned by Director, Manager, or Nurse. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria B: Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria C: Performs other duties as assigned.
4. Maintains and models the organizations values.
5. Demonstrates regular, reliable and predictable attendance.
6. Performs other duties as required.

Education Skills Experience:

Required: This position requires a minimum formal education of High School Diploma and minimum of 1-year job-related experience. Minimum Experience: six months Desired: Read and speak conversational English.

Working Conditions:

Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Significant occupational risk

Physical Effort: Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Significant exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).