Surgery Assistant Southwest Facility presso CommonSpirit Health

Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Hospitals have a history of caring for our community that goes back more than 100 years. We provide a broad range of medical and surgical services including minimally invasive and outpatient options. Our family of services includes the area's only inpatient oncology unit, the Orthopedic, Spine, and Hand Center, Family Birth Center, the Lactation Support Center and retail store, and many others. Mercy Hospital Downtown is a 194-bed facility located in downtown Bakersfield. Mercy Hospital Southwest is a 78-bed facility and the only hospital located in the rapidly growing area west of Highway 99. Mercy Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner, serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality, compassionate care since 1910. Learn more here at https://www.dignityhealth.org/central-california/locations/mercy-bakersfield.
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Position Summary:

Maintain and stock adequate sterile and clean supplies for patient care in surgery. Transport patients to and from OR, L&D and Family Care, participate in room turnaround between cases and prep the rooms at the end of the day.

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Minimum Requiremetns:

• BLS (AHA required)
• Previous healthcare experience required
• Experience in a sterile environment and experience with direct, hands on patient care required
• Completion of a nursing fundamental class and currently enrolled in a nursing program or a graduate from a LVN or RN nursing program may be used in lieu of experience
• High School graduate or equivalent technical training
• Must have ability to read, write and speak English
• Must take call

Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.