Operating Room Assistant - Days

Mercy Health System Corporation; Janesville (WI); On-site; USD 23,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid time off

Job summary

Mercyhealth seeks a patient assistant to support operating room teams. You will prepare patients and supplies, assist with sterile procedures, and help maintain equipment and a safe environment.

Responsibilities include transporting patients to the OR, ensuring readiness, handling supplies, and contributing to quality improvement activities. Requires high school diploma and onboarding orientation, with CPR/BLS within 90 days.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Completion of Mercyhealth patient assistant orientation and competency required.
• Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care activities as assigned and per routine.
• Performs sterile technique under supervision of OR staff.
• Maintains clean, safe work areas and infection control practices.
• Safely transports patients to the OR and assists with setting up supplies and equipment.
• Documents care activities and participates in quality improvement activities.

Skills

Sterile technique

Patient care

Patience

Teamwork

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Overview

This role supports patient care in the operating room by preparing patients and supplies, assisting with sterile procedures, maintaining equipment, and safely transporting patients to surgery. It also involves keeping work areas clean and safe, following infection control and safety standards, maintaining supplies and equipment, documenting care, and helping train new staff.

Schedule

Schedule: 40-hours per week

SHIFT: Days

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Provides patient care activities as assigned and per routine, according to standards of care, shift routines, and policies and procedures. Performs skills classified under sterile technique with supervision of a Precepting ORA, Scrub Tech or RN to determine correct sterility. Examples including by not limited to: Retractor, limb and camera holding under physician direction. Sterile supply opening and surgical skin preparation including clipping Answers call lights in a timely manner. Documents care activities provided according to standards. Maintains a clean work and patient environment. Maintains supplies, including stocking and ordering new supplies and disposing of expired or damaged supplies. Floats to various units based on identified needs. Participate in department or unit quality improvement activities. Maintain, assemble and disassemble equipment Assist in patient care such as monitor application positioning, room turnover, retractor procedure and skin preparation Validation in modified scrub role including surgical scrub and gowning and gloving. Safely transports patient to the OR in a timely manner ensuring they are surgery ready upon arrival. Responsible for orientation of new partners to turning rooms, courier responsibilities, preparations of patients, use of laptop, supply maintenance, and new purchases and validation of equipment. Adheres to AORN principles of aseptic techniques and using aseptic techniques in opening sterile supplies Keeps abreast of established environmental standards (Infection control, OSHA, CDC JCAHO, State, etc) Ability to properly dispose of hazardous material (blood, sharps, waste containers, etc) and laser tanks (CO2) Maintain autoclave according to equipment manual and OR protocol including preparation of cleaning chemical and maintain cand clean autoclaves in a safe manner Ensure that dirty case carts are transported to decontamination in a timely manner Safely transports patient to the OR in a timely manner ensuring they are surgery ready upon arrival.

Education and/or Experience

High School diploma or equivalent preferred.

Certification / Licensure

Completion of Mercyhealth patient assistant orientation and competency required. Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days.

Other Skills and Abilities

Must show patience and ability to remain calm. Ability to treat patients with dignity and respect.

Level of Supervision

N/A

Pay Range

$16.89 - $24.49

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Mercyhealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life & Disability Insurance
• FSA/HSA Options
• Generous, accruing paid time off
• Paid Parental and caregiver leave
• Career advancement and educational opportunities
• Tuition and certification reimbursement
• Certification Reimbursement
• Well-being Programs
• Employee Discounts
• On-Demand Pay
• Financial Education
• Annual recognition/awards events
• Partner appreciation days
• Family entertainment/attractions discount
• Community service/improvement opportunities

Click Here for More Details

Click here for more details regarding Mercyhealth Careers Benefit Information.

About Mercyhealth

At Mercyhealth, we don’t simply hire people, we empower employee-partners who are passionate about making lives better. As an integrated health system, we deliver exceptional, coordinated across seven hospitals, 85 primary and specialty clinics, and a team of over 7,500 professionals serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Mercyhealth has been nationally recognized for our commitment to our people and culture, including: #1 in the nation on AARP's Best Employers for Workers Over 50 One of Working Mother magazine's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers A Top 50 Company and Top 10 Nonprofit for Executive Women For over 135 years, Mercyhealth has provided high-quality health care to residents throughout northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. We have a passion for providing comprehensive health care close to home for area residents through our six hospitals and 85 primary and specialty care locations. As an integrated health system, you can come to us for routine health care, like annual physicals, immunizations and preventive health screenings, as well as highly specialized care, such as neonatal intensive care, heart surgery, stroke care, neurosurgery, cancer treatment and much more. The range of Mercyhealth's specialties and the skills of our doctors, nurses and clinical staff are truly extraordinary.