Responsibilities/Job Description:
The Perioperative Aide works under the supervision of a registered nurse to care for surgical patients before and after procedures, assists patients with personal hygiene (toileting), nutrition (feeding), ambulation, and activities of daily living (dressing/undressing).
The position will be working full-time on the day shift, no weekends.
Responsibilities:
- Obtains and documents vital signs and admission information in electronic health record. Transports patients within the department and at discharge.
- Works in the Sterile Core to build Case Carts for surgical/procedural cases.
- Assists the Inventory Specialist with maintaining appropriate Par Levels for supplies.
- Assists OR Team Leads with obtaining instrumentation for upcoming cases/procedures.
- Restocks supplies/instruments not needed for procedures.
- Monitors daily schedule for changes and added cases.
- Assists Circulators by bringing supplies/instruments to the requested location.
- Makes hourly clinic runs to pick-up contaminated instruments/equipment and deliver clean/sterile instruments/equipment.
- Works with the surgical team to ensure the OR/Procedure room is ready for the patient’s surgical procedure: ordering and stocking of supplies, and cleaning/moving/setting up equipment.
- Assists the surgical team as needed during surgical procedures: transports specimens, obtains and documents vital signs in electronic Record during a local procedure. Assists with positioning patients.
- Assists OR team with room turnover: Help clean Operating Room, remove trash/linen, remove dirty case cart to decontam, retrieve case cart for next cases and appropriate equipment for cases.
- Assists Anesthesia with stocking anesthesia carts, completing safety checks and cleaning anesthesia machine between cases.
Required Qualifications:
Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) certification required within three months of hire.
One+ year of clinical experience in an accredited hospital or surgical center.
Qualifications:
$24.08- $34.01 Hourly