Perioperative Support Tech: Sterile Processing & Prep

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health; New London (NH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health in New London, NH, seeks a Perioperative Environmental Services Technician to support the Surgical Services Department through cleaning, decontamination, and room turnover. You will collaborate with the perioperative team to maintain infection control standards and patient safety.

Responsibilities include handling hazardous materials, maintaining logs, and assisting with patient preparation and transport under nurse direction.

Qualifications

• High school diploma with 2 years’ work experience required.
• Ability to anticipate, prioritize, and coordinate work in a high stress environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills preferred.
• Ability to obtain BLS certification within 30 days.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with the peri-operative team to ensure efficient and safe workflows within the perioperative space adhering to current hospital and regulatory standards.
• Performs environmental cleaning processes for all Perioperative areas including procedural and non-procedural spaces, restricted and semi-restricted spaces and all equipment contained therein following regulatory standards including AORN.
• Removes and cleans unneeded equipment from PACU/OR/CSR and ensures trash and contaminated linens and instruments are properly handled and sent to appropriate destination.
• Handles blood, tissue, bodily fluids, recyclables and other materials safely. Performs routine and terminal cleaning (an intensive cleaning process) at a regular/established intervals ensuring that the all-clinical spaces are free of infectious material that cause hospital-acquired infections.
• Reports all faulty equipment to supervisor.
• Inventories and obtains supplies and equipment needed in real time or in prep for upcoming patients to set up rooms for upcoming patients.
• Understand the decontamination processes in Central Sterile, learn to clean and process endoscopic scopes, know instrumentation in order to be a runner for the per-operative team.
• Under the direction of the primary nurse, will assist with patient preparation/positioning prior to the beginning of surgery.
• Will provide post-surgical nutrition and patient transport outside of the department under the direction of the primary nurse/charge nurse.
• Maintains required daily temperature logs and other tracking logs. Handles cleaning chemical in a safe manner as established by hospital procedures and regulatory agencies.
• Demonstrates proper use of PPE along with donning and doffing of PPE.
• Attends training/maintains competency regarding assembly, disassembly and cleaning of peri-operative equipment.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Prioritization

Coordination

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health in New London, NH, seeks a Perioperative Environmental Services Technician to support the Surgical Services Department through cleaning, decontamination, and room turnover. You will collaborate with the perioperative team to maintain infection control standards and patient safety.

Responsibilities include handling hazardous materials, maintaining logs, and assisting with patient preparation and transport under nurse direction.