Nursing Assistant Operating Room, Morristown Medical Center

Job Description

This multi-skilled position is responsible for supporting the perioperative team in providing high quality patient care and physician service. Duties include transporting patients and equipment, cleaning of operating rooms and ancillary areas, checking and restocking of supplies.

• Job Function 01:
  Demonstrates compliance with Code of Conduct and compliance policies and takes action to resolve compliance questions or concerns and report suspected violations.
• Job Function 02:
  Transports patients, supplies, specimens, blood and equipment as requested
• Job Function 03:
  Assists in lifting and/or transferring patients from stretcher/bed to OR table and vice versa
• Job Function 04:
  Assists in holding patient extremities for surgical preparations as directed
• Job Function 05:
  Ensures positioning devices are available in the appropriate rooms for cases
• Job Function 06:
  Properly handles surgical specimens, as directed
• Job Function 07:
  Performs turnover duties between cases in collaboration with the housekeeper. Cleans medical equipment between cases Assists nursing team by opening sterile supplies. Demonstrates proper aseptic technique, Ensures that appropriate equipment is placed in rooms in preparation for surgical cases, Checks case carts for completeness. Obtains necessary equipment, sterile supplies, and positioning aids for scheduled cases, Assists with inventory counts and supply outdates.
  
  Restocks warmers and rotates fluids, Assists with restocking unused supplies in the OR supply room or returns to Central Sterile Department Checks, cleans, and restocks assigned service line storage areas, Participates in hospital safety programs. Supports and enforces infection‑control policies and procedures, Maintains patient and medical staff confidentiality, Other duties as assigned, Properly handles and disposes of sharps, biohazardous waste, regular trash and contaminated linens.
  
  Contributes to maximum efficiency of the surgical schedule by facilitating on‑time case starts and efficient, timely turnovers. Managing the cleanliness around the Operation department and rooms where surgeries take place.

• Preferred:
  Minimum one (1) year of experience in the perioperative environment
• Required:
  
  BLS

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is;
Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non‑profit health care systems in the nation.

Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Centra State Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community‑based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of All Spire Health Partners.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• 100 Best Companies to Work For (r) and FORTUNE(r) magazine for 15 years
• Best Places to Work in Healthcare - Modern Healthcare
• 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare - Becker's Healthcare
• 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know - Becker's Hospital Review
• Best Employers for Workers over 50 - AARP
• Gold-Level "Well Workplace":
  Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)
• One of the 100 Best Workplaces for "Millennia ls" Great Place to Work(r) and FORTUNE(r) magazine
• One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care:
  Great Place to Work(r) and FORTUNE(r) magazine
• Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets
• NJ Sustainable Business

Morristown Medical Center is a…