OR Assistant - Surgery - FT Varying Shifts en Sky Lakes Medical Center

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:  Ability to read, write and make basic mathematical computations; Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions accurately; Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff and surgeons ; Ability to collaborate with surgeons and coworkers; Ability to work in a team environment, with little supervision;  Ability to exercise good judgment and effective problem solving skills; Ability to practice universal precautions in exposure to communicable diseases and body fluids; Ability to communicate directions. 

TYPICAL PHYSICAL/MENTAL DEMANDS

Requires prolonged standing, twisting, turning and manual dexterity.  Requires frequent bending, stooping and stretching.  Lifting up to 50 pounds occasionally.  Pushing/pulling up to 50 pounds frequently.  Ability to prioritize and organize tasks and workload demands efficiently.  Tolerance of exposure to cleaning agents and chemicals.  Present a professional demeanor.  Able to cope with high stress levels.  Required exposure to communicable diseases and body fluids.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Transports patients to and from surgery and PACU when requested, in a safe manner.   
• Assists Operating Room personnel in  positioning patients. 
• Assists Operating Room personnel in setting up cases; Open sterile items to surgical field. 
• Cleans and maintains items and areas of surgery between cases, end of day, weekly schedules and monthly maintenance, decontamination of operating room and all removable equipment between cases.   
• Collects, segregates and disposes of all waste materials in all areas. 
• Maintains levels of scrub supplies and solutions, caps and shoe covers, cleaning supplies and solutions. 
• Removes and replaces all linen on patient beds and gurneys as necessary. 
• Cleans and maintains autoclaves every other week. 
• Operates and maintains all equipment used in meeting job responsibilities. 
• Develops a working familiarity of all precautions, use and disposal methods of all chemical used in the normal course of meeting job responsibilities. 
• Demonstrates competence in relation to the defined mission, vision, values, and strategic plan of the organization by ongoing completion of any or all of the following:  proficiency testing, skill demonstration, practice of core standards for service excellence, and documentation review. 
• Ability to work all shifts; Flexibility of altering work schedules to meet department needs. 
• Assists with training of new employees. 
• Ability to cross-train to other operational areas. 
• Completes required hours of orthopedic education topics annually as directed by the Ortho Steering team for the Hip and Knee program certification. 
• Meets clinical competencies of hip and knee certification program in order to directly care for a Hip and Knee patient. 

MARGINAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Performs other duties as assigned.