PAS Specialist - Flex

Department Overview

South Operating Room (SOR) is a large 25-bed OR primarily an adult inpatient operating room with a small volume of outpatient procedures including:
Cardiac/ Thoracic, General Surgery/Minimally Invasive/ Colorectal/Bariatric, Gynecology, Oral Maxillofacial, Neuro/neuro spine, Orthopedic/orthopedic spine, Otolaryngology, Plastics, Transplant, Urology, Vascular, Robotic (Urology/GYN/Oral), and Trauma. Surgical procedures on infants and children less than 18 years of age are also performed if the procedure requires specialized equipment found only at this location.

The purpose of this position is to provide reception, operations, and administrative support of the Perioperative Division, primarily at South OR but may be requested to float within the division.

• Provides operational support for the OR front desk team; including coordinating the surgery schedule, transportation of surgery patients, scheduling add-on cases, facilitating and communicating with multi disciplinary team members key and vital operational information.
• Supporting the OR Charge Nurse to operationalize daily needs and functions of the OR, as well as, utilizing OHSU computer programs.
• Answering multi-line phones; directing calls; making calls to communicate to other areas of the hospital; attending to visitors; attending to staff.
• Coordinating the transportation of specimen, blood products, and labs in and out of the unit;
• Delivering information and/or materials and/or equipment directly to the Operating Room suites;
  Provides coordinating of supplies, trays, and equipment entering and leaving the unit.
• Acts as an intermediary between third party vendors and surgeons. Directs providers to their operating rooms and provides current projected start times for all staff and surgeons throughout the day. Obtains loaner equipment from off-site companies when equipment constraints arise.
• Fills in for other PAS Specialists at SOR, DCH when employees are absent. Provides expertise on Epic and surgical systems when necessary. Acts as sole administrator for CHH Operating Rooms. Creates documents through Office 365 tracking individual surgeon times as well as In-Service flyers for nursing staff.

• Six months of work experience in a medical office setting, including high volume direct patient contact OR
  one year of work experience in a high volume direct public contact position
• Basic computer keyboarding skills including typing of 30 - 45 wpm.
• Note
  :
  Successful completion of a formal OHSU Administrative Internship Program will substitute for one year of experience. Contact Compensation for confirmation of eligibility.

• Associate's degree or certificate in office occupations or office technology or a bachelor's degree.
• Knowledge of medical/surgical terminology. Familiarity with the functionings of the Perioperative Department. Proficient knowledge of computer applications MS Office programs.

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