Operating Room Assistant - Operating Room - Day

WellSpan Health; Ephrata (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Retirement savings plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Education assistance

DailyPay

Expanded Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

WellSpan Health is seeking a Nursing Assistant to support the surgical team with direct and indirect patient care. Tasks include shaving, transporting patients, positioning for procedures, and handling equipment to ensure a safe perioperative environment.

The role emphasizes teamwork, patient safety, and high-quality care across age groups, with duties spanning care delivery, inventory, and basic clerical tasks in a fast-paced hospital setting.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Less than 1 year nursing assistance or EMT experience is required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 1 year is required.

Responsibilities

• Assists with shaving, transporting patients, and positioning for procedures; handles equipment.
• Keeps patient care environment safe and private for patient and family.
• Maintains inventory of supplies and equipment; cleans and delivers equipment to operating rooms.
• Communicates with the charge nurse to ensure safe, high-quality holistic care.
• Performs clerical tasks and errands as part of the patient care workflow.

Skills

Nursing assistance

EMT experience

BLS

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Schedule

Full Time, Day Shift (80 hours biweekly)

Job Description

Schedule

Full Time, Day Shift (80 hours biweekly)

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8-hour shifts

General Summary

Assists other members of the surgical team in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care. Performs a variety of tasks such as, shaving and transporting patients, assisting with positioning of patient for procedure, care and handling of all equipment, assisting with the ordering, receiving, and stocking of supplies, performing clerical tasks and completing errands. The patient care encompasses all age groups (neonate to the elderly) focusing on the patient's care, treatment and rehabilitation.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Performs a variety of tasks such as, shaving and transporting patients, assisting with positioning of patient for procedure, care and handling of all equipment, assisting with the ordering, receiving, and stocking of supplies, performing clerical tasks and completing errands.
• Creates a safe, private environment for patient, family/significant other, visitors and members of the health care team.
• Works in a collaborative manner in addressing patient care issues maintaining open communications with the charge nurse. Supports the charge nurse in ensuring the delivery of safe, high quality, cost-effective holistic patient care.
• Maintains current knowledge of technological advances within area of practice as well as in surgical services
• Cleans, distributes and or delivers equipment to the Operating Rooms on a regular basis.
• Checks equipment, supplies and accessories on a regular basis.
• Obtains and returns required equipment.
• Sets up and removes equipment and supplies; ensures equipment is functioning properly and stored appropriately.
• Maintains inventory of supplies and equipment.

Common Expectations

• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population. Assesses and interprets patient age specific data and provides appropriate, age specific treatment. Provides direct patient care to assigned patient age group(s).
• Demonstrates a commitment to patient, visitor and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and \"error proof\" systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.
• Understands, supports, and practices the guidelines, standards of care and recommended practices set forth by the professional nursing organizations and other associate organizations and agencies as well as the hospital and departmental policy/procedures; universal/standard precautions; safety and risk management protocols; occupational safety regulations.
• Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, inservice meetings, and workshops.
• Attends meetings as required.
• Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Education

• High School Diploma or GED Required

Work Experience

• Less than 1 year Nursing assistance or emergency medical technician experience or equivalent. Required

Licenses

• Basic Life Support within 1 year Required

Benefits Offered

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Education assistance
• Financial education and support, including DailyPay
• Expanded Paid Parental Leave

For additional details: Benefits & Incentives | WellSpan Careers (joinwellspan.org)

About Us

WellSpan Health’s vision is to reimagine healthcare through the delivery of comprehensive, equitable health and wellness solutions throughout our continuum of care. As an integrated delivery system focused on leading in value-based care, we encompass more than 2,300 employed providers, 250 locations, nine award-winning hospitals, home care and a behavioral health organization serving central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Our high-performing Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is the region’s largest and one of the best in the nation. With a team 23,000 strong, WellSpan experts provide a range of services, from wellness and employer services solutions to advanced care for complex medical and behavioral conditions. Our clinically integrated network of 3,000 aligned physicians and advanced practice providers is dedicated to providing the highest quality and safety, inspiring our patients and communities to be their healthiest.

About The Team

WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital

One of eight premier hospitals in the WellSpan system, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital offers a full range of leading-edge inpatient, outpatient and emergent care services. The hospital is noted for its distinct ability to combine state-of-the-art medical technology with quality, compassionate care to meet the needs of the more than 550,000 residents of northern Lancaster County and the surrounding area. As a full-service, non-profit acute-care hospital, with a 141 licensed bed capacity, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital admits approximately 5,500 patients annually. Nearby WellSpan Ephrata Cancer Center supports the hospital as part of WellSpan’s regional network of five cancer centers. WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital was one of several WellSpan Health hospitals honored by U.S. News & World Report with the High Performing recognition for 2022-23.