OR AIDE

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

GENERAL SEGMENT

• Supply dressing rooms with hats and shoe covers, and keep tidy, change linen bags as necessary.
• Check and fill sub sterile rooms with linens and supplies, as necessary including blanket/fluid warmers.
• Keep supply of scrub brushes and masks and scrub solution available at OR scrub sinks.
• Clean storage room and storage area monthly.
• Do miscellaneous duties and errands according to departmental needs.
• Accept laundry delivery and put away as needed.
• Check off supplies as they arrive and place in appropriate storage areas.
• General cleaning as assigned.
• Unload dishwasher in morning, run dishwasher at end of day.
• Make coffee in the morning for staff lounge.
• Assist in various areas of the ASC as necessary.
• Complete special assignments as indicated and necessary for the smooth functioning of ASC
• Assume responsibility for personal growth by participating in scheduled and mandatory in-services.
• Uses good work safety habits (includes PPE).
• Flexes schedule to accommodate ASC.
• Works late as assigned in advance.
• Other duties as needed to ensure smooth running of ASC.

PRE AN AREA SEGMENT

• Assist with patient care as needed.
• Transfer patient belongings to Recovery area.
• Brings clean stretchers to PreAn.

INSTRUMENT PROCESSING SEGMENT

• Assist with instrument processing after primary duties are accomplished.

• Wash soiled instruments in the Instrument Room and reassemble sets using cards.

• Use washer-sterilizer and autoclaves.

• Identify instruments in need of repair and begin repair process.

• Properly prepare instruments for sterilization and storage.

• Keep hall clean and clear as much as possible.

OR ROOM SEGMENT

• Assist in setting up the Operating Room with supplies and equipment for the first case of the day.
• Assist in subsequent turnovers during the day, including, but not limited to: restocking room, gathering necessary equipment, mopping floors, etc.
• Assists with terminal cleaning of rooms.
• Assist with transferring patients on and off the OR table.
• Assist assigned circulators with OR room errands.
• Hold limbs for prepping as necessary.
• Prepare mop buckets for the day and terminal cleaning.
• Check the supply of sterile linen and various other supplies and restock as necessary.
• Put away sterile supplies each morning and whenever necessary throughout the day.
• Do weekly cleaning as assigned.
• Assist with checking and restocking all the OR rooms in the afternoon as necessary.
• Perform other duties as necessary to assure the smooth functioning of RASC.

EDUCATION

• High School

EXPERIENCE

No experience necessary. Health care experience preferred.

PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Excellent physical and mental health: walking, standing, lifting, moving equipment required.

Cooperative and dependable.