Surgery Nursing Assistant

Overview

The Surgical Nursing Assistant I provides a variety of cleaning and support functions to maintain the department and equipment in a sanitary condition.

• Assumes responsibility for the care of surgical instruments, sterile supplies and departmental equipment. Cleans endoscopes and endoscope supplies.
• Demonstrates ability to correctly package (wrap, label, date) supplies for sterilization. Endoscope washer/disinfector.
• Assumes responsibility for environmental services functions. Changes trash and linen hampers, sharps buckets throughout department as necessary; cleans and readies OR gurneys; makes patient beds/gurneys as appropriate; cleans sinks.
• Maintains and restocks departmental supplies and environmental services equipment. Restocks all work room and sterile room supplies; restocks blanket warmers, sub sterile room supplies.
• Performs clerical and task-oriented duties as assigned. Transports patients safely; obtains blood from laboratory; transports lab specimens.
• Assumes responsibility for the care of surgical instruments, sterile supplies and departmental equipment. Assembles instrument sets and equipment trays according to instrument index; washes instruments quickly and thoroughly to provide for efficient turnaround time; cleans endoscopes and endoscope supplies.

Job Requirements

• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire

• One year recent acute care experience
• Previous experience in Central Processing

Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital is a 104-bed not-for-profit hospital located in Grass Valley, California. The hospital has been providing compassionate and quality health care to residents and visitors of western Nevada County since 1958. As an affiliate of the nationally recognized Dignity Health system, we ensure our patients receive the highest standard of health care and have access to important regional resources throughout the system, including the Dignity Health Heart & Vascular Institute, the Dignity Health Neurological Institute of Northern California and the Dignity Health Cancer Institute of Greater Sacramento.

With 765 employees, 101 active medical staff and 21 Emergency Department beds, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital continually implements and upgrades its technology and recruits employees who understand the vital importance of kindness and compassion in the healing process.

One Community. One Mission. One California

$26.50 - $32.22 /hour