OR Assistant/Cleaning Technician

Northwell Health; Norwalk (CT); On-site; USD 23,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Norwalk Hospital Association is seeking an Operating Room Assistant to support patient care in the OR. Responsibilities include transporting patients, assisting with positioning, and supporting sterile prep and equipment setup.

Education requires a High School Diploma or equivalent with at least six months of related experience. The role includes performing cleaning, restocking, and basic maintenance tasks to ensure smooth OR operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum HS diploma and six months of relevant experience.
• Desirable: read and speak conversational English.

Responsibilities

• Transports patients to and from the operating room and assists with patient safety and positioning.
• Operates and maintains OR equipment, restocks supplies, and cleans work areas following procedures.
• Performs cleaning and sterilization tasks, including sterilization equipment and room preparation for procedures.
• Supports nursing and surgical team, communicates clearly with team members and patients.

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Description

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

The purpose of the Operating Room Assistant is to perform service functions that support the delivery of patient care in the Operating Room. 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

• 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. Transports specimens to the laboratory, runs unit errands to and from ancillary units, such as pharmacy, medical records, radiology, ASU, medical units, etc. 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.
• 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). 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, TV�s, and other high places, using ladder when necessary. Dusts, cleans and polishes furniture including beds. Cleans stretchers and beds and replaces sheets. Disposes of all linen and trash in the appropriate manner, adhering to standard blood borne precautions. Empty and replace sharps containers in all rooms. 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.
• 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. Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position. Performs other duties as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.

Education: HS GRAD/EQUIVALENT

Other Information

Required: This position requires a minimum formal education of High School Diploma and minimum of six months job-related experience.

Minimum Experience: six months

Desired: Read and speak conversational English.

Company: Norwalk Hospital Association

Org Unit: 416

Department: Operating Room

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $17.00 - $31.36 Hourly