Perioperative Support Technician - Operating Room

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health; New London (NH); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health is seeking a perioperative environmental services associate in New London, NH. You will perform cleaning and decontamination to support patient safety and sterile environments in the Surgical Services Department.

Under supervision, you will work with the peri-operative team, handle waste and instrumentation, and ensure adherence to AORN standards. You must obtain BLS within 30 days and have a high school diploma with two years’ experience.

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

• Coordinate with the peri-operative team to maintain safe, efficient workflows per standards.
• Clean perioperative areas including procedural spaces following regulatory standards.
• Remove and clean equipment, manage waste and linens properly.
• Handle blood, bodily fluids, and other materials safely.
• Report faulty equipment to supervisor.
• Maintain temperature and tracking logs; use PPE and keep records up to date.
• Attend training/competency for cleaning of peri-operative equipment.

Skills

Ability to anticipate, prioritize, and

Excellent verbal and written comms

Education

High school diploma with 2 years’ work experience

Job description

Overview

Orients and completes the necessary competencies to perform a variety of essential environmental and material management functions that ensure patient safety, reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections, and create safe, clean and sterile work environments for all areas within the Surgical Services Department.

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.

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.

Required Licensure/Certifications

(BLS) Basic Life Support within 30 days