Surgery Attendant: FT 10a-6:30

Position Highlights

• Work/life balance support to help manage your personal life while building a career.
• Employee-centric benefits including tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, and monthly employee events.
• Lifestyle perks: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America” with opportunities to live and work along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.

Position Summary

Assists the perioperative care team in many aspects, including but not limited to, patient care assistance, care of environment, and transportation of patients in accordance with established methods and procedures of the Nursing Department and the Medical Center. Performs as directed by the Charge Nurse.

Responsibilities

Surgery Environment

• Cleans surgical rooms between cases thoroughly and efficiently.
• Assists with the care of the environment by maintaining cleanliness of all areas of Surgery.
• Maintains a neat, safe, and clean environment by keeping items where they belong and putting items away after cases.
• Washes, dries, and assembles instrument trays.
• Writes descriptions of instruments for flashed items/trays.
• Orders and re-stocks supplies daily.
• Transports patients, specimens, and miscellaneous items to, from, and within Surgery.

Surgery Center

• Assists with the care of the environment including patient rooms.
• Helps maintain a neat, safe, and clean environment by keeping items where they belong.
• Completes miscellaneous tasks as directed, including washing, drying, and assembling EKG leads; stamping charts; cleaning and assembling charts.
• Re-stocks daily supplies.
• Assists the Nurse with all patient needs, providing patient comfort and privacy.
• Transports patients, specimens, and miscellaneous items to, from, and within Surgery.

Other Tasks

• Handles daily requests in a timely and efficient manner.
• Observes confidentiality.
• Participates in the Medical Center employee educational process.
• Demonstrates service excellence skills with peers, other health team members, patients, and visitors.
• Maintains adaptability.
• Assists with problems/questions and communicates information to Charge Nurse.
• Maintains a positive attitude toward change.
• Charges for equipment and supplies.

Requirements

• High school graduate.
• Current CPR certification.
• Ability to understand and effectively communicate in both written and oral form.
• Ability to read and write small letters and numbers and perform complex arithmetic and financial applications.
• Ability to work in a safe and efficient manner and maintain an accident-free workplace, including demonstrating a working knowledge of Medical Center emergency codes.
• Ability to comply with OSHA regulations and CDC standard and transmission-based precaution recommendations and to utilize proper personal protective equipment.
• Ability to comply with provisions of applicable M.S.D.S. forms.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement
• Loan forgiveness
• Comprehensive major medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Health and wellness offerings
• Monthly employee events