PACU Surgical Care Assistant - Post-Op Support & Supplies

Mount Sinai; New York (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mount Sinai Health System in New York, NY, is seeking Surgical Care Assistants for the Operating Room, PACU, and Preoperative Services. You will support sterile processing, equipment setup, specimen handling, and room turnover according to OR protocols.

Responsibilities include maintaining cleanliness of scrub areas, handling specimens, transporting patients and blood products, and assisting scrubs and circulators to ensure safety and efficiency in the perioperative environment.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: Previous experience in a healthcare setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Care of Scrub Areas and Clean Utility Rooms: Replenish and arrange neatly scrub brushes, hoods, caps, masks and booties. Maintain cleanliness of shelves, work counters and utility carts.
• Maintain Blood Bank And Drug Refrigerators: Check and record temperature of medication and nourishment daily. Check blood bank and drug refrigerator daily. Defrost refrigerator and Clean thoroughly once a week.
• Maintain of solution and warmer cabinets: Replenish and arrange neatly blankets, gowns and sheets. Replenish stock levels of solutions. Clean warmer cabinet once daily.
• Distribute processed instrument sets, equipment and supplies in appropriate work and storage area. Keep containers and storage areas clean and in proper order; Clean shelves weekly and as often as necessary. Maintain and change gas cylinders. Maintain cleanliness of counters and work areas.
• Care of Special Surgical Equipment, Instruments and Supplies: Monitors par levels and replenishes stock. Ensures every operating room has a Surgicounter on the dock and cleans the Surgicounter during room turnover.
• Care of Soiled Utility Rooms: Maintain cleanliness and orderliness of shelves, drawers and counters, suction bottle liners, etc. Check and replenish stock levels of specimen containers, disinfecting solutions, plastic bags, cleaning supplies etc.
• Damp dust storage shelves for unsterile linen as often as is necessary. Distribute equal supply of patient gowns, blankets, sheets and wrappers in all storage areas; fold and arrange neatly.
• Maintain cleanliness, organization of stock room, equipment room and other storage areas. Check and distribute supplies from General Stores in appropriate storage areas. Accept delivery of pharmacy solutions and supplies and distribute to all appropriate storage areas. Ensure all tanks of compressed gases are secured by approved methods Maintains prep supplies for assigned rooms.
• Routine specimens: Ensure to document in the marble book and log book when the specimen is sent out of the specialty area.
• Frozen Section Specimens: Take frozen section specimens immediately to Pathology Department, stamp the pathology form and notify the pathologist the specimen is there.
• Specimens For Radiology: Take specimen to Radiology Department for X-ray. Take specimen to Pathology Department for frozen section following completion of x-ray. Transport the pre-operative patient to the holding area or appropriate surgical suite or procedure room.

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

The Mount Sinai Health System in New York, NY, is seeking Surgical Care Assistants for the Operating Room, PACU, and Preoperative Services. You will support sterile processing, equipment setup, specimen handling, and room turnover according to OR protocols.

Responsibilities include maintaining cleanliness of scrub areas, handling specimens, transporting patients and blood products, and assisting scrubs and circulators to ensure safety and efficiency in the perioperative environment.