OR Technician: Surgical Team Support & Patient Care

Brown Medicine; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

The Miriam Hospital in Providence, RI is seeking an OR technician to support the perioperative team. This role assists the perioperative nurse, anesthesiologist and surgeon with patient care, positioning, and maintaining sterile technique throughout procedures.

Responsibilities include transporting patients, preparing OR setup, assisting with casts and traction, prepping skin, maintaining equipment, and ensuring safety and infection control.

Responsibilities

• Assists the perioperative nurse, anesthesiologist and surgeon in various duties related to patient care including; correctly positioning patients and maintaining proper body alignment in all surgical specialties.
• Transports patients to and from the Operating Room, Post anesthesia Care Unit and SurgiCenter utilizing various methods of disposition and assuring safe conditions when I.V. therapy and oxygen therapy is utilized within established policies and procedures.
• Assists the Perioperative Nurse to maintain the safety of all patients when restraint application is necessary during anesthesia induction, positioning intraoperatively and post anesthesia recovery according to policies and procedures.
• Provides orthopedic traction setup (Buck and Balance Suspension) according to physician’s order and assists orthopedic surgeons in applying and removing casts.
• Performs pre-operative and pre-cardiac catheterization skin preparations according to policies and procedures and reports patient outcome to Perioperative Nurse.
• Inspects and decontaminates all operating room furniture and lights when necessary and ensures operating room suite readiness for sterile supplies according to policies and procedures.
• Ensures procurement of supplies and equipment on a daily basis from and to the Operating Room, Central Sterile Reprocessing and Surgicenter for scheduled and emergency surgery.
• Assists in the selection and preparation of operating room set-ups for a daily surgical schedule ensuring aseptic technique is maintained.
• Orders and changes various gas cylinders for Operating Room, Post Anesthesia Care Unit and SurgiCenter according to the departments request.
• Provides all necessary equipment for Orthopedics and Neurology for positioning patients and completing x-ray procedures.
• Maintains quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control in accordance with established hospital department policies, procedures and objectives.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Job description

The Miriam Hospital in Providence, RI is seeking an OR technician to support the perioperative team. This role assists the perioperative nurse, anesthesiologist and surgeon with patient care, positioning, and maintaining sterile technique throughout procedures.

Responsibilities include transporting patients, preparing OR setup, assisting with casts and traction, prepping skin, maintaining equipment, and ensuring safety and infection control.