Surgical Services Support Technician

About the role

This position transports patients to and from the O.R., handles routine tasks related to patient care, organizes equipment, and provides general cleaning of surgical suites. Must work in the O.R. at Intermountain Health LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours per week. Monday through Friday, starting at 6:50 a.m. No on-call or weekends required.

Responsibilities

• Applies standards of and maintains sterile technique appropriately
• Obtains and restocks supplies when needed
• Assists with turnover of the rooms including cleaning appropriately after the case and preparing the room for the next case
• Assists anesthesia when needed including turnover anesthesia equipment
• Keeps department clean including keeping hallways uncluttered by returning supplies and equipment to their proper storage areas
• Responsible for transporting patients to and from surgery
• Transports specimens appropriately including blood and blood products
• May scrub into procedures and assist with organ holds, extremity holds, camera holds, and retractor holds
• May open sterile supplies

Requirements

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers
• Pass Basic Aseptic Technique class

Preferred qualifications

Pass Basic Aseptic Technique class (required within 90 days of hire or transfer into this job).

Physical requirements

• Ongoing need to see and read information, labels, sterile indicator tags, colors, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors requiring verbal communication and the ability to hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment and instruments with precision and accuracy, including computer use and typing for documentation, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients; bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment of varying weights, up to and including heavy items
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment, including pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, often navigating crowded and busy rooms
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position with personal protective equipment for an extended period of time

Pay

Hourly range: $17.86 – $23.21. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package offered (details available via the employer’s benefits portal).