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About the Role
The Surgical Aide plays an integral role on the OR team by ensuring that the surgical day/evening/night flows smoothly by providing assistance where appropriate. The Aide assists with the transporting of patients, performing errands, maintaining/replenishing OR supplies and stock items, sanitation of the OR rooms and routine maintenance of equipment. The Surgical Aide will work in collaboration with Central Processing Department staff to meet the department needs related to patient care.
Responsibilities
- Isolates and removes trash and linen for proper disposal after surgical procedures.
- Transports patients from units to OR and SDS.
- Coordinates cart exchanges and linen supplies from understanding of pre-printed audit sheet.
- Restocks blanket warmers as needed.
- Transports and handles specimens, and maintains specimen container supply using appropriate PPE.
- Transports blood and blood products to and from lab as needed.
- Performs temperature checks on surgical blood, drug and food refrigerators and reports discrepancies to the OR Charge RN.
- Obtains post-op beds.
- Restocks OR rooms, inner core and outer core.
- Checks supplies throughout the day to ensure there is no depletion of supplies including sterile trays, equipment and peel packs.
- Maintains kitchen supplies and performs weekly refrigerator cleaning.
- Cleans room turnovers and maintains decontamination carts using basic PPE and decontamination procedures.
- Positions and/or aid in the positioning of patients for surgical or anesthesia procedures.
- Understands and maintains aseptic guidelines in all of Perioperative Services.
- Demonstrates age specific competency as per unit requirements.
- Consistently demonstrates the ability to adapt to work load and assignment changes.
- Completes assignments by prioritizing appropriately to provide consistent quality and quantity of work.
- Functions with awareness of risk management and safety issues and reports concerns appropriately.
- Attends staff meetings and/or reads staff meeting minutes, arranges for follow-up with OR Staff Development on questions or concerns.
- Follows all hospital policies/procedures.
- Maintains a complete understanding of the Arnot Health Emergency Procedures and roles pertinent to Fire Safety, Code Blue, Disaster and Hazard procedures.
- Develops/maintains effective working relationships with staff and other members of the health care team.
- Is responsible for attending all annual mandatory educational programs as required by position.
- Understands and demonstrates the importance of satisfying the needs of the customer/patient by interacting in a friendly and caring way, being attentive to the customer's needs, and taking the initiative to maintain communication with the customer.
- Communicates and hands off report to next shift.
- Some duties will be shift specific or as assigned for the smooth running and efficiency of the department.
Requirements
- Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 30 days of hire date.
- Lifting at waist level or below with assistance for patient handling accounts for 15% of the job.
- Lifting for material handling above and below waist level accounts for 30% of the job.
- Bilateral carrying accounts for 15% of the job.
- Pushing accounts for 35% of the job.
- Pulling for 5% of the job.
- Frequent walking and/or standing (40% of the job).
- Frequent trunk rotation, and bending (35-40% of the job).
- Frequent reaching and handling (60% of the job).
- Tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues.
Skills
- Basic understanding of inventory control
- Basic understanding of case cart preparation
- Basic PPE usage
- Decontamination procedures
- Aseptic guidelines
- Age specific competency
- Adaptability to change
- Prioritization
- Risk management awareness
- Safety awareness
- Effective working relationships
- Customer service skills
- Communication skills
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Prefer experience in a hospital setting
Education Level
- High school education or equivalent
About the Company
- Arnot Health