Surgery OR Assistant

Position Purpose

This position assists with the perioperative care in a technical support staff function.

Nature and Scope

• Serves a patient population of Neonatal, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult, and Geriatric.
• Serves the needs and requests of the management staff, circulating nurse, anesthesiologists, and surgeons.
• Assists the surgical team in the set-up and breakdown of equipment required before, during, and after each procedure.
• Reports any equipment malfunctions to the circulating nurse or Surgical Supervisor.
• Sets up (but does not operate) the following equipment: anesthesia machine, monitoring equipment, Bovie machine, suctions, craniotomy table, ortho tables, microscopes, tanks, and operating lights, and other related equipment.
• May be trained in operating surgical lasers under the supervision of the laser safety officer or laser liaison.
• Absolutely essential to the room turnover process by removing used supplies, cleaning surfaces, checking/replacing sharps containers, discarding trash, and restocking of supplies.
• Accurately displays knowledge of traffic control patterns, aseptic technique, and assists in creating/maintaining a sterile field.
• Absolutely essential to the transport of patients to and from the surgical suite using appropriate precautions for patient safety.
• Absolutely essential to the cleaning and appropriately restocking ORs and sub sterile areas.
• Absolutely essential to the transport of non-controlled drugs, specimens and blood products in a timely manner.
• Consistently demonstrates a working knowledge of standard precautions to include protective devices.
• Absolutely essential to the initial troubleshooting of dysfunctional equipment and exchange equipment whenever necessary.
• Properly labels and reports broken equipment to the appropriate person for repair.
• For departments 400201 and 400340 at South Meadows location only, assists with proper surgical scrub and basic understanding of holding retractors during orthopedic surgeries and will be done when under the direct supervision of the surgical tech and surgeon only.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrates behavior consistent with the RENOWN HEALTH Standards of Conduct.
• Basic hand-eye coordination.
• Skills for function as a member of the surgical team and perform duties learned through an orientation.
• Functional knowledge of anatomy, surgical procedures, and equipment.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based on physical, motor/sensory, psychosocial, and safety appropriate to the age of the patients served.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform job duties safely and effectively.
• Experience: One-year clinical experience in a medical field preferred. Medical terminology preferred.
• Licenses: None.
• Certifications: Heartsaver CPR with AED required within the first 90 days of employment.
• Computer / Typing: Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and Word and have the ability to use the computer to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.