Perioperative Nursing Associate Full Time Evenings

NYU Langone Health; Village of Patchogue (NY); On-site; USD 46,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is seeking a Perioperative Nursing Associate - Full Time, Evenings - NSG-Operating Room. You will assist in room setups, maintain equipment, and support intra-operative flow in a fast-paced surgical setting.

Requirements include a High School diploma, mature interpersonal skills, strong organization, and physical fitness to handle heavy equipment. The role emphasizes safety, teamwork, and maintaining a clean, efficient OR environment.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalency.
• Mature interpersonal skills.
• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills in management of time and priorities.
• Physical fitness to lift and position patients, move and manipulate heavy surgical equipment 80% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates Universal Precautions in cleaning/containment/disposal of blood/body fluids and PPE usage.
• Participates in operating room turnover between surgical cases per policies.
• Decontaminates used equipment and returns to storage for recharge or cover.
• Inspects and maintains equipment in optimum working order and keeps areas clean.
• Maintains corridors free of safety hazards and obstacles per safety codes.
• Inspects OR rooms for defects on an ongoing basis.
• Removes, tags and reports items for repair promptly.
• Maintains cleanliness of closets, decontamination room, center core, scrub sink and lounge areas.
• Collaborates with staff via devices, OR activity log, and shift reports.
• Positions OR furniture and equipment for procedures as indicated.
• Performs room SET-UPS per procedure and case-specific guidelines.
• Manages compressed gas inventory and ensures O2 stations are stocked.
• Replenishes PAR levels of CSR items and utility supplies.
• Distributes sterile solutions inventory to ORs and warming cabinets.
• Monitors and replenishes blankets warmer and daily linen.
• Maintains disposable masks, hats and shoe covers stocked in Perioperative Suites.
• Maintains outer scrub sinks and center core soap dispensers.
• Transports, positions, lifts and holds patients safely.
• Provides alert support in emergencies and procures supplies and prepares room/equipment.
• Assists in adjusting work schedule to unit needs for intra-op flow.
• Conducts errands and relays messages promptly.
• Delivers specimens to lab, radiology or morgue.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Detail oriented

Time management

Education

High School diploma

Job description

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is a 306-bed medical center, providing care to residents of eastern Long Island. The hospital facility is home to the Knapp Cardiac Care Center—an advanced heart disease diagnostic and treatment facility—as well as a modern ambulatory surgical pavilion with specialized services including women's imaging, a sleep laboratory, and bariatric surgery. Our Provisional Level 2 Trauma Center delivers comprehensive and specialized care for patients with traumatic injuries. The Stroke Center at NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, with expert neurologists available to provide treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additionally, NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk has multiple outpatient sites, including an outpatient wound care center, a hemodialysis center, and various primary care and specialty offices.

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Position Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Perioperative Nursing Associate - Full Time, Evenings - NSG-Operating Room - Full-Time - Monday - Fr.

Job Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates Universal Precautions in the cleaning/containment/disposal of blood/body fluids and appropriate use of PPE.
• Participates in operating room turnover between surgical cases in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Decontaminates used equipment and returns to designated storage site for electrical re-charge or dust cover.
• Inspects and maintains equipment in optimum working order, ie: cords and cables neatly coiled, furniture/stools/carts/IV pole wheels lubricated and free of debris.
• Participates in maintaining corridors neat and clear of safety hazards and obstacles in compliance with safety codes.
• Inspects operating rooms for electrical or structural defects on an on-going basis.
• Removes, tags and reports items for repair or replacement promptly.
• Participates in team effort to maintain cleanliness and order of accessory and utility closets, decontamination room, center core, scrub sink and lounge areas.
• Collaborates appropriately with staff via communication device, 24 hour OR activity log documentation, and shift reports regarding environment of care concerns
• Anticipates, obtains and correctly positions OR surgical furniture, equipment, and positioning devices and/or special equipment as indicated for procedures.
• Organized and efficient in accurately performing room "SET-UPS in accordance with procedure and established case specific surgical preference card guidelines.
• Manages compressed gas inventory, i.e.: ensure that all labels are legible, O2 stations stocked, empty tanks promptly and safely exchanged, and tank room locked.
• Assists with the monitoring, requisitioning and restocking of utility supplies and in replenishing PAR levels of CSR items.
• , and scrub uniform quotas.
• Manages distribution of sterile solutions inventory to operating rooms and warming cabinets.
• Monitors and replenishes blankets warmer and replenishes daily linen
• Monitors and maintain disposable masks, hats and shoe cover bins well stocked throughout Perioperative Suites.
• Maintains outer scrub sinks and center core soap dispensers filled.
• Transports, positions, lifts and holds patients in a safe and therapeutic manner.
• Provides alert and attentive support in actual or potential emergency situations, i.e.: procurement of supplies, preparing room/equipment in advance.
• Cooperates in adjusting work schedule in response to change in unit needs and to facilitate intra-op flow.
• Conducts errands expeditiously, answers communication device by 2-3 rings and relays messages accurately.
• Demonstrates the ability to deliver specimens to lab, radiology or morgue.

Minimum Qualifications:

• To qualify you must have a High School diploma or equivalency.
• Mature interpersonal skills.
• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills in management of time and priorities.
• Physical fitness to lift and position patients, move and manipulate heavy surgical equipment 80% of the time.

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration.

NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $51,597.00 - $51,597.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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