Surgical Specialist I

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist & Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading academic health system in Winston-Salem seeks a dedicated support staff member to assist nursing staff in operating room maintenance, patient transport, and general housekeeping. Candidates must possess a high school diploma and strong organizational skills. CPR certification is required within three months of hire. Join a team committed to improving health and advancing healing for all.

Qualifications

• CPR certification must be obtained within three months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Cleans operating room suites and performs daily terminal cleaning.
• Transports patients and equipment to the operating room.
• Maintains clean hallways and ensures proper supply levels.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or GED equivalent

Tools

Operating room beds

Linen chutes

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB SUMMARY: Renders support to nursing staff in cleaning operating rooms, transporting patients, and assisting in general overall maintenance of the operating room suite. Provides age-developmentally appropriate care in accordance with Age Specific Care guidelines for the specific age groups served.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: High school diploma or GED equivalent.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION: CPR certification must be obtained within three months of hire.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 1. Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing Medical Center core values, appropriate and professional communication skills, developing professional interpersonal relationships and performing duties with a teamwork approach to include timely and appropriate radio communication. 2. Cleans operating room suites during turnover. Performs daily terminal cleaning of assigned operating rooms to include completion of appropriate documentation. 3. Maintains clean hallways to ensure safe patient transport and perform general housekeeping. 4. Transports patients and equipment to the operating room when needed. Assists with the transport, cleaning and storage of equipment in the operating room equipment storage areas. 5. Ensures proper supply levels on gasses, linens, and cleaning supplies utilized within the inpatient, outpatient, and pediatric operating room suites. 6. Performs daily documentation of blanket warmer temperatures on proper temperature logs. 7. Assists with equipment inventory. 8. Maintains and cleans PPE carts by adhering to general hospital standards for the use of PPE when in contact with bloodborne and airborne pathogens.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS: Maintains positive working relationship with department managers, coordinators, staff, and physicians Organizational skills, manages time wisely, productive during downtime Ability to operate equipment such as operating room beds, hamper stands, linen chutes, etc.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Possible exposure to infectious and contagious diseases Possible exposure to hazards for electrical/mechanical/power equipment Exposure to housekeeping/cleaning agents/chemicals Occasional pressure resulting from multiple calls and inquiries Possible exposure to hazardous or toxic chemicals Subject to many interruptions Subject to cuts Frequently works behind red lines (sterile environment) which requires protective equipment such as eye/face protections, operating room surgical scrubs, sterile/non-sterile gloves, shoe covers, etc.

About Us

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's two main components are an integrated clinical system - anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem - that includes Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.

About the Team

Mission, Vision and Culture Commitments

Mission

To improve health, elevate hope and advance healing - for all.

Vision

To be the first and best choice for care.

Culture Commitments

We create a space where all Belong

We Work as One to make great things happen

We earn Trust in all we do

We Innovate to better the now and create the future

We drive for Excellence - always