Operating Room Assistant

St. Charles Health System Inc.; Redmond (OR); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

St. Charles Health System is seeking an Operating Room Assistant to maintain cleanliness in the operating rooms and assist with transport of patients and supplies throughout the hospital.

The role supports OR staff by cleaning ORs, offices, bathrooms and PRE-OP/PACU areas, and by preparing and moving equipment as needed. The position requires a high school diploma or GED, with BLS/CPR certification due by hire date and Surgical Cleaning Technician certification within a year.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• BLS/CPR certification required by date of hire.
• Surgical Cleaning Technician Certification within 1 year of hire preferred.
• Some institutional housekeeping experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean environment in the Operating Rooms.
• Provide support to OR staff including cleaning ORs, offices, bathrooms, and pre-op/PACU areas.
• Transport patients and items throughout the hospital.
• Prepare, maintain and move equipment and supplies within the OR.
• Complete unit-specific and annual training and competencies on time.
• Adhere to all policies, procedures and safety standards.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Relief, Variable Schedule Pay range: $21.53 - $27.56 Relief Differential - 15% Evening Shift Differential - $2.50 / hr Night Shift Differential - $5.50 / hr Weekend Differential - $2.00 / hr

ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM JOB DESCRIPTION TITLE: Operating Room Assistant

REPORTS TO POSITION: Supervisor, Main OR

DEPARTMENT: Operating Room

DATE LAST REVIEWED: October 10, 2019

OUR VISION: Creating America’s healthiest community, together

OUR MISSION: In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

OUR VALUES: Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

DEPARTMENTAL SUMMARY: The St. Charles Health System’s Operating Room departments provide specialized care to patients throughout their perioperative experience.

POSITION OVERVIEW: The Operating Room Assistant is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness in the operating rooms (OR). This position also provides assistance with transport of patients and transport of items throughout the hospital. In this role you will maintain, prepare and move equipment and supplies within the OR. This position does not directly manage any other caregivers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

• Maintain a clean environment in the Operating Rooms.
• Ensure all beds, tables, positioners and supplies are available and maintained.
• Provide support to O.R. staff to consist of cleaning O.R.’s, offices, bathrooms, common areas, pre-op and PACU.
• Complete unit specific and annual CBL’s and competencies on time.
• Supports the vision, mission and values of the organization in all respects.
• Supports Value Improvement Practice (VIP- Lean) principles of continuous improvement with energy and enthusiasm, functioning as a champion of change.
• Provides and maintains a safe environment for caregivers, patients and guests.
• Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality.
• Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures, supporting the organization’s corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violation of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all organizational investigations and proceedings.
• Delivers customer service and/or patient care in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient and accurate.
• May perform additional duties of similar complexity within the organization, as required or assigned.

EDUCATION

Required: High school diploma or GED Preferred: N/A

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION

Required: The American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS/CPR) certification required by date of hire. Surgical Cleaning Technician Certification within 1 year of hire Preferred: N/A

EXPERIENCE

Required: N/A Preferred: Some institutional housekeeping experience

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Must be able to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to perform the job safely.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Patient Care Level 3 Continually (75% or more): Standing and walking, keyboard operation, use of clear and audible speaking voice and the ability to hear normal speech level.
• Frequently (50%): Sitting, lifting/carrying/pushing or pulling 1-25 pounds. The use and operation of a motor vehicle for Home Health and Wound Caregivers.
• Occasionally (25%): Bending, stooping/kneeling/crouching, climbing ladder/step-stool (varies by area), reaching overhead, lifting/carrying/pushing or pulling 25-50 pounds, grasping/squeezing, ability to hear whispered speech level.
• Rarely (10%): Climbing stairs.
• Never (0%): Climbing ladder/step-stool (varies by area), operation of a motor vehicle.
• Exposure to Elemental Factors Rarely (10%): Wet/slippery area, chemical solution.
• Never (0%): Heat, cold, noise, dust, vibration, uneven surface.
• Blood-Borne Pathogen (BBP) Exposure Category Risk for Exposure to BBP.
• Schedule Weekly Hours: 0 Caregiver Type: Relief Shift: Variable (United States of America)
• Is Exempt Position? No
• Job Family: ASSISTANT CLINICAL
• Scheduled Days of the Week: Variable
• Shift Start & End Time: Variable

St. Charles Health System is a private, nonprofit organization, dedicated to providing high-quality care and the latest in health care technology to the communities it serves. Headquartered in Bend, Ore., St. Charles is an integrated delivery system, with a strong focus on population health, that provides a full range of evidence-based health care services within a 32,000-square-mile area in Central and Eastern Oregon. The health system owns and operates a trauma level II, tertiary referral center in Bend, a trauma level III, type B rural hospital in Redmond, and trauma level IV critical access hospitals in both Prineville and Madras. As the largest employer in Central Oregon, St. Charles Health System and St. Charles Medical Group care for our communities in more than two dozen outpatient clinics and in more than 20 specialty areas of medicine.