Pacu Assistant

Who we are:

Spire Orthopedic Partners is a growing national partnership of orthopedic practices that provides the support, capital and operational resources physicians need to grow thriving practices for the future. As a Management Services Organization (MSO), Spire provides the infrastructure for administrative operations that allows practices to operate at their highest level, so doctors can focus their efforts on what matters most - patient care. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, the Spire network spans the Northeast with more than 165 physicians, 1,800 employees, 285 other clinical providers and 40 locations in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

What you'll do:

Under the direction of the registered nurse the unit assistant provides assistance to the nurses and surgical technologists in the day to day activities of the surgical center

• Assist the RN in implementation of a plan of care for the patient during the perioperative experience.

• Assist the nurses in the preoperative and post operative areas as required.

• Assist the nurses in the operating room and sterile central.

• Maintains confidentiality of patient information and patient privacy.

• Provides patient safety in all aspects of job activities.

• Cooperates with all members of the OR team in achieving the Surgi Center's Goals.

• Practices Universal Precautions.

• Follows all infection control policies.

• Prepares the preoperative patient by having the patient change into a johnnie and takes care of their belongings.

• Applies EKG leads, oxygen saturation probe and B/P cuff.

• Records patients initial vital signs to include B/P, pulse, respirations, oxygen saturation, and temperature.

• May provide post operative nourishment to patient.

• Assists with patient discharge by ambulating the patient or by pushing the patient in a wheelchair to their car.

• Cleans the pre and post- operative bays according to policy following infection control principals.

• Restocks the pre and post operative areas.

• Helps to put away medical-surgical supplies from warehouse.

• Assists with turn over of operating rooms as needed.

• Assists in Sterile Central as needed under the direction of sterile central technician.