OR Assistant

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Rotating Shift

Description:

Provides direct and indirect patient care services in the operating room to facilitate patient acquisition, room turnover, and supply management.

Key Job Functions

Transports patients to the Operating Room to allow surgical intervention to take place

Transports patients from various locations throughout the hospital into the OR.

Practices aseptic principles in the Operating Room to ensure protection from infection

Handles supplies and specimens appropriately to ensure proper processing and maintains asepsis.

Provides assistance to the RN in the room to facilitate the progress of the cases

Assists with breaking down accessory instrument tables.

Delivers specimens as needed by the operating room staff to assure quality patient care

Assists in cleaning the Operating Room following procedures

Logs, transports and handles specimens appropriately.

Demonstrates a commitment to team success by interacting with patients of all ages, family, visitors, co-workers and medical staff in a professional and caring manner

Responds to patient and family inquires, concerns and complaints.

Participates in the identification and resolution of opportunities for improvement.

Key Skills

Ability to read, write, and understand written documents from a variety of sources

Proficient in computer usage: Microsoft Office, ability to learn work specific computer applications

Able to complete competence testing for the position

Ability to organize work efficiently and independently

Follows directions and completes work accurately

Positive attitude and flexibility

Regular availability for work

Minimum Education: Required: High School Diploma

Minimum Experience: Required: Less than one year of previous job-related experience

Licensure/Certifications: Required: CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)

Minimum Experience:

Required: Less than one year of previous job-related experience

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran