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Perioperative Support Specialist 1

Inova Health · Falls Church, VA · 1 mo ago
OTHRFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually the description includes "Job Description" then description. We need sections: About the role? The description includes responsibilities, qualifications, benefits, etc. We need to use

for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections when posting has real specific content. We have: About the role: there is a paragraph describing role: "Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is looking for a dedicated Perioperative Support Specialist 1 to join the Team. This full-time role will be day-shift working Monday – Friday and every other weekend located in Fairfax, VA. Perioperative Support Specialist 1 assists with patient care while retrieving and delivering requested supplies, instruments and equipment to the operating rooms as directed by the surgical team. This role demonstrates professional and advanced knowledge of aseptic surgical technique and surgical procedures. To help achieve our mission, this role communicates effectively and works cooperatively with others while maintaining respect for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines. Demonstrates responsibility for self-development. Provides equipment support for operating room staff and surgeons before and/or during the operative procedures to avoid procedure and turnover delays. Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation." That's about the role. Responsibilities: there is a list under "Perioperative Support Specialist 1 Responsibilities". We need to extract bullet points. Responsibilities list: - Assists with the gathering, installation, removal, and cleaning of equipment while utilizing the operating room schedule to anticipate requests. - Gathers and packs instruments and sterile supplies for scheduled and added cases to provide efficient procedure set up of surgical cases. - Independently accesses the OR computer system, correctly selects the preference card(s) and prints as needed as evidenced by lack of assistance needed during the process. - Places returned and new supplies and instruments in the correct location as evidenced by their proper placement. - Monitors supply levels and obtains needed supplies or reports deficiencies to Perioperative Support Supervisor as evidenced by the lack of unreported missing items. - Performs monthly checks on Emergency case carts. - Supports the PeriOp Support OR Aide as indicated. - Supports additional projects and duties as assigned. We need
  • for each. Requirements/Qualifications: There is "Minimum Qualifications" and "Preferred Qualifications". We can combine into Requirements? The instruction: Use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections to include. We have Minimum Qualifications: Certification - Basic Life Support Upon Start; Experience - 1 Healthcare/Hospitality One year of experience in healthcare setting or inventory/ equipment management.; Education - High School or GED; KSAs - Communication / Critical Thinking Ability to communicate effectively in order to follow and respond to instruction appropriately / Ability to multitask. Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience within surgical services preferred. Previous experience supporting a perioperative/OR environment preferred. We could have a "Qualifications" section with both minimum and preferred maybe as list. Or separate "Requirements" for minimum and "Preferred Qualifications" as separate? The instruction says use headings for those categories; we can include both Requirements and Qualifications if content exists. But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine into one "Qualifications" section with sub-bullets? However we must follow instruction: Use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid multiple similar headings; we can include both Requirements and Qualifications if they have distinct content. But we need to ensure not to create sections with filler like "not specified". We have content for both. We also have Benefits: "Featured Benefits" with bullet list. We have Pay: Not mentioned. So we should NOT include Pay section. Schedule: The description mentions "full-time role will be day-shift working Monday – Friday and every other weekend". That's schedule info. So we can include a Schedule section with that sentence. Skills: Could extract from KSAs: Communication / Critical Thinking, Ability to communicate effectively, Ability to multitask. Could be a Skills section. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. Already not. We need to remove boilerplate: EEO etc. Remove "Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer..." etc. Also remove navigation, cookie, legal, duplicated lines, application instructions. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's craft HTML:

    About the role

    Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is looking for a dedicated Perioperative Support Specialist 1 to join the Team. This full-time role will be day-shift working Monday – Friday and every other weekend located in Fairfax, VA. Perioperative Support Specialist 1 assists with patient care while retrieving and delivering requested supplies, instruments and equipment to the operating rooms as directed by the surgical team. This role demonstrates professional and advanced knowledge of aseptic surgical technique and surgical procedures. To help achieve our mission, this role communicates effectively and works cooperatively with others while maintaining respect for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines. Demonstrates responsibility for self-development. Provides equipment support for operating room staff and surgeons before and/or during the operative procedures to avoid procedure and turnover delays. Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

    Responsibilities

    • Assists with the gathering, installation, removal, and cleaning of equipment while utilizing the operating room schedule to anticipate requests.
    • Gathers and packs instruments and sterile supplies for scheduled and added cases to provide efficient procedure set up of surgical cases.
    • Independently accesses the OR computer system, correctly selects the preference card(s) and prints as needed as evidenced by lack of assistance needed during the process.
    • Places returned and new supplies and instruments in the correct location as evidenced by their proper placement.
    • Monitors supply levels and obtains needed supplies or reports deficiencies to Perioperative Support Supervisor as evidenced by the lack of unreported missing items.
    • Performs monthly checks on Emergency case carts.
    • Supports the PeriOp Support OR Aide as indicated.
    • Supports additional projects and duties as assigned.

    Requirements

    • Certification: Basic Life Support (upon start)
    • Experience: One year of experience in a healthcare setting or inventory/equipment management.
    • Education: High School diploma or GED.
    • KSAs: Communication and critical thinking; ability to communicate effectively to follow and respond to instructions; ability to multitask.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Previous experience within surgical services.
    • Previous experience supporting a perioperative/OR environment.

    Skills

    • Communication
    • Critical thinking
    • Ability to multitask

    Benefits

    • Medical, dental and vision coverage, plus a robust team member wellness program.
    • Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
    • Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
    • Mental Health Support: 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions per person, per year, at no cost for team members, their spouses/partners, and children.
    • Work/Life Balance: paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules.

    Schedule

    Full-time, day‑shift, Monday – Friday and every other weekend.

    Check for any duplicated content: We included schedule info also in About the role paragraph; but that's okay as it's not duplicated exactly. The About the role paragraph includes schedule sentence; we also have separate Schedule section. Might be considered duplication but it's okay as it's specific content. However instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." It didn't forbid duplication. But better to avoid duplication? Could remove schedule sentence from About the role to avoid duplication. But the About the role paragraph originally includes that sentence; we could keep it there and not have separate Schedule section. However we need a Schedule section only if posting has real specific content for it. It does have schedule info; we could put it in Schedule section and maybe remove from About the role to avoid duplication. But we must preserve all substantive information; we can move it. Let's keep schedule info only in Schedule section, and adjust About the role to not include that sentence. Let's rewrite About the role without schedule sentence. Original About the role paragraph: "Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is looking for a dedicated Perioperative Support Specialist 1 to join the Team. This full-time role will be day-shift working Monday – Friday and every other weekend located in Fairfax, VA. Perioperative Support Specialist 1 assists with patient care while retrieving and delivering requested supplies, instruments and equipment to the operating rooms as directed by the surgical team. This role demonstrates professional and advanced knowledge of aseptic surgical technique and surgical procedures. To help achieve our mission, this role communicates effectively and works cooperatively with others while maintaining respect for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines. Demonstrates responsibility for self-development. Provides equipment support for operating room staff and surgeons before and/or during the operative procedures to avoid procedure and turnover delays. Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation." We can split: first sentence about looking for, second sentence about schedule, rest. We'll move schedule to Schedule section and keep rest. Thus About the role: "Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is looking for a dedicated Perioperative Support Specialist 1 to join the Team. Perioperative Support Specialist 1 assists with patient care while retrieving and delivering requested supplies, instruments and equipment to the operating rooms as directed by the surgical team. This role demonstrates professional and advanced knowledge of aseptic surgical technique and surgical procedures. To help achieve our mission, this role communicates effectively and works cooperatively with others while maintaining respect for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines. Demonstrates responsibility for self-development. Provides equipment support for operating room staff and surgeons before and/or during the operative procedures to avoid procedure and turnover delays. Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation." Location Fairfax, VA maybe we should keep location. The location was in the schedule sentence; we could add location to About the role: "located in Fairfax, VA." Let's add that after the first sentence maybe. Thus About the role: "Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is looking for a dedicated Perioperative Support Specialist 1 to join the Team, located in Fairfax, VA. Perioperative Support Specialist 1 assists with patient care while retrieving and delivering requested supplies, instruments and equipment to the operating rooms as directed by the surgical team. ..." Now Schedule section: "Full-time, day‑shift, Monday – Friday and every other weekend." Now we need to ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The location is included. The schedule is included. The benefits list is included. The responsibilities list is included. The qualifications are included. The preferred qualifications are separate. Skills we extracted from KSAs; we could also include communication, critical thinking, multitasking. That's fine. Check for any other info: "Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience." included. "We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C.

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