Nursing Support Morristown, NJ

Atlantic Health; Morristown (NJ); Sur place; USD 32 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Atlantic Health System is seeking a multi-skilled perioperative support team member in Morristown, NJ. The role focuses on transporting patients and equipment, cleaning operating rooms, and restocking supplies to support safe, efficient surgical care.

Responsibilities include assisting with patient transfers, aseptic technique, room turnover between cases, and collaboration with the nursing team to ensure readiness for surgical procedures.

Qualifications

• Must be able to safely transport patients and equipment.
• Knowledge of aseptic technique and infection control.
• Ability to restock supplies and maintain sterile equipment.

Responsabilités

• Transports patients, supplies, specimens, blood and equipment as requested
• Assists in lifting and transferring patients to/from OR table
• Maintains positioning devices and prepares rooms for cases
• Handles surgical specimens and turnover duties between cases
• Assists nursing with opening sterile supplies and aseptic technique
• Checks case carts for completeness and gathers required equipment
• Participates in inventory counts and restocks/replaces supplies
• Ensures cleanliness around the Operating department and rooms for surgeries

Connaissances

Patient transport

Sterile technique

Supply restocking

Room cleaning

Compliance

Description du poste

This multi-skilled position is responsible for supporting the perioperative team in providing high quality patient care and physician service. Duties include transporting of patients and equipment, cleaning of operating rooms and ancillary areas, checking and restocking of supplies.

Essential Responsibilities

• Demonstrates compliance with Code of Conduct and compliance policies, and takes action to resolve compliance questions or concerns and report suspected violations.
• Transports patients, supplies, specimens, blood and equipment as requested
• Assists in lifting and/or transferring patients from stretcher/bed to OR table and vice versa
• Assists in holding patient extremities for surgical preparations as directed
• Ensures positioning devices are available in the appropriate rooms for cases
• Properly handles surgical specimens, as directed
• Performs turnover duties between cases in collaboration with the housekeeper. Cleans medical equipment between cases
• Assists nursing team by opening sterile supplies
• Demonstrates proper aseptic technique
• Ensures that appropriate equipment is placed in rooms in preparation for surgical cases
• Checks case carts for completeness. Obtains necessary equipment, sterile supplies, and positioning aids for scheduled cases
• Assists with inventory counts and supply outdates
• Restocks warmers and rotates fluids
• Assists with restocking unused supplies in the OR supply room or returns to Central Sterile Department Checks, cleans, and restocks assigned service line storage areas
• Participates in hospital safety programs
• Supports and enforces infection-control policies and procedures
• Maintains patient and medical staff confidentiality
• Other duties as assigned
• Managing the cleanliness around the Operation department and rooms where surgeries take place.
• Properly handles and disposes of sharps, biohazardous waste, regular trash and contaminated linens.
• Contributes to maximum efficiency of the surgical schedule by facilitating on-time case starts and efficient, timely turnovers.