OR Assistant, Full-time, Rotating

About the role

The Operating Room Assistant position offers a competitive salary range of $21.85 per hour, with placement within the range dependent on relevant work experience and internal equity. Northwestern Medicine provides a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support employees' physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Responsibilities

• Surgical Specimens & Blood Products
  • Transports specimens from OR to universal tube system and logs each specimen into pathology log book.
  • Responds to specimen pick-up requests immediately.
  • Faxitron specimens are picked up from the OR and delivered to radiology immediately for processing.
  • Performs daily specimen reconciliation with pathology staff and reports for quality management.
  • Picks up and returns blood refrigerator to and from blood bank as directed.
  • Performs daily specimen reconciliation with pathology staff and reports for quality management.
  • Receives blood products via universal tube system and delivers to OR suite as directed.
  • Performs daily specimen reconciliation with pathology staff and reports for quality management.
• CSS Responsibilities
  • Transports soiled case carts to soiled lift and sends to CSS for re-sterilization.
  • Operates clean case cart lift and removes clean case carts and instruments and delivers to appropriate OR suites.
• Surgical Patient & Belongings Transport
  • Transports surgical patients.
  • Aids in OR with patient lifting, positioning, and transfer as directed by nursing staff.
  • Delivers SDS patient belongings to correct patient in recovery room and to nursing units as necessary.
• Equipment/Supplies
  • Transports lasers, microscopes, and other OR equipment from storage areas to appropriate OR suite and returns to equipment storage when no longer needed.
  • Obtains supplies from warehouse pod cart and delivers to OR rooms.
  • Consistently and frequently refills warmers with blankets and irrigation solutions to maintain supply.
  • Replenishes scrub brushes, masks, and goggles as needed to maintain supply.
  • Picks-up and returns supplies from other departments as needed.
  • Identifies, isolates, communicates, and documents broken equipment for repair being specific as to identify the malfunction.
  • Inventories/reports/replenishes forms when form levels are low in POD.
  • Places equipment inside and outside of OR suite for next day first cases.
  • Aids in readiness and assembly of surgical supplies and room setup.
• Communications
  • Demonstrates clear and logical thinking skills.
  • Requires basic reading and writing skills for understanding and documentation purposes.
  • Takes and receives directions from CDC and nursing staffs in delivery and promotion of quality services.
  • Demonstrates daily flexibility to perform tasks when interacting with control desk and nursing staffs.
  • Maintains communication link with CDC by communicating completion of assigned tasks, delays, changes, and other pertinent information for relay to OR team.
  • ORA must respond to Expediter “ORA” light in timely manner.
  • ORA staff must respond immediately when paged.
  • ORA staff pager number and name must be recorded on the grease board in pod area daily by ORA staff.
• Other Duties/Responsibilities
  • Provides assistance with case setup for assigned rooms.
  • Precepts new employees in the performance of job responsibilities.
  • Adheres to universal tube system standards when operating system and utilizes downtime procedure as necessary.
  • Must be able to walk and stand for entire shift.
  • ORA supports other pods to promote quality services and productivity.
  • Supports between case cleaning when necessary.
  • Maintains a clean and orderly work environment.
  • Upon completion of all rooms in assigned pod, the ORA is to report their availability to the shift RC/manager for re-assignment.
  • Records and time stamps all activity performed onto ORA log/trip sheet for each shift worked.
  • This position requires the ORA staff to be on-call.

Qualifications

• High School graduate.
• BLS (Provider) through the American Heart Association.
• Previous hospital experience preferred in transport or Environmental Service.

Skills

• Excellent Customer service friendly skills.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section located at jobs.nm.org/benefits to learn more.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $21.85 - $21.85 (Hourly Rate).

Schedule

12:00pm-8:30pm Monday through Friday, 40 hours per week.