Surgical Services Assistant II - Joint and Spine OR - PRN

Overview

This role provides fundamental care and services to the patient, family, and the unit environment. The scope of service encompasses patient safety, customer service, providing a safe and clean environment for the surgical patient.

General Duties

• Ensures O.R. remains clean, clear of clutter and necessary supplies and equipment are available and acceptable.
• Proper cleaning, care and placement of essential equipment needed for scheduled cases. For example: arthroscopy pump, fluoroscopy beds, video equipment and overhead tables, etc.
• Ensure orderliness and efficiency in the performance of:
• Cleaning: cleaning utility areas, hallways, restrooms, equipment, shelves, cart racks, scrub sinks.
• Stocking: checks equipment and supplies, checks for outdated supplies, stocks work areas, O.R. rooms with supplies (gloves, needle boxes, etc.).
• Checks and records temperature of refrigerators, make adjustments as needed, reports to Maintenance if repair is needed.
• Support: run errands, for example:
  Blood Bank, Central Service, Pathology, X-Ray department, etc., stays available and accessible while on duty in designated area.
• Transport specimens at the direction of the RN
• Assists with positioning and moving patients from bed to stretcher according to R.N. instructions.
• Transports floor patients to O.R. Must demonstrate sound judgment when transporting, understand hospital code system and knows when to have RN help with transport.
• Remove unneeded equipment and returns to proper storage area.
• Does surgical shave preps as needed per O.R. prep guidelines and/or surgeon preference.
• Assists circulating nurse with tying of sterile gown.
• Under direction of R.N. assists with surgical preps and holding of extremities.
• Gets case cart from Central and delivers them to proper O.R. room prior to scheduled start time.

Communication

• Shares pertinent patient information.
• Open communication regarding patient care needs between all team members and ancillary departments and/or other areas, i.e., isolation precautions, special patient needs such as oxygen, EKG monitoring and patient limitations.
• Reports observations/data to appropriate team members (R.N., AAC, and/or surgeon).

Leadership

• Demonstrate leadership skills such as the ability to motivate, educate, and mentor peers.
• Acts rapidly and calmly during emergencies, and provides the necessary items called for by appropriate O.R. team.
• Cooperation is demonstrated in the performance of other duties within scope of job description; unit meetings are attended when on duty; attends required in-services and education programs as assigned.
• Adheres to established standards in personal appearance and conduct.
• • Dress code is followed.
• • Conduct is consistent with the ExCEL core values.
• • Attendance is prompt and regular.
• Follows chain of command

Productivity

• Maintains orderliness and efficiency of the work environment according to AORN Standards to ensure turnaround time between cases is at a minimum.
• Display flexibility, accepting change in assignments
• Understand fiscal responsibility by utilizing time, equipment, and supplies appropriately.

Safety

• Calls maintenance for necessary repairs, stocks supplies in room according to standards.
• Ensures beds/stretchers/carts are in appropriate position for patient's safety.
• Infection Control:
  Uses good hand washing and aseptic technique, utilizes universal precautions; adheres to isolation procedures, keeps unit clean, removes equipment from room when no longer in use. Dispose of all waste according to hospital procedures. Transports waste to central location.
• Safety hazards are corrected and/or reported to the appropriate person; location of all fire alarms, extinguishers and hoses are known. Spills and hazardous spills are handled according to hospital policy.
• Returns to unit promptly in case of patient emergency, fire, or disaster and reports to person in charge.
• Handles oxygen tanks safely.
• Ensures patient consent is signed and then signs SDS record.
• Understands sterile technique.

EDUCATION:

High school graduate or G.E.D equivalent

YEARS OF

EXPERIENCE:

None

REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

LICENSES REGISTRATIONS &/or

CERTIFICATIONS:

BLS certificate