When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

40

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Operating Room Attendant, Full Time, Days

Job Description:

Principal Duties and Essential Functions:

Operating Room Responsibilities

Responsible for checking the OR bed or positioning devices for proper attachments

Demonstrate a working knowledge of all tables and positioning devices and attachments

Clean all positioning equipment and bed attachments prior to putting away

Demonstrate initiative to put away extra equipment when not in use

Adhere to standard and resistant organism precautions

Wear personal protective attire appropriate for task being performed (i.e., gown, goggles, gloves)

Observe for and attend to blood or body fluid spills

Work effectively with other staff as a member of the surgical team

Respond to intercom calls in a timely manner

Assume responsibility for prompt room turnover times

Complies with on-call responsibilities

Responds within 60 minutes when on-call (unless another time frame is established by the Nursing Coordinator).

Assists staff in the PACU or other Surgical Services unit(s), as necessary

Patient Prep

Delivers appropriate positioning equipment to each room

Assists in positioning of patients for surgical procedures

Holds extremities for skin prep

Delivers PACU stretchers/patient beds to room upon request from primary/associate nurse

Assists in transferring the patients from the OR table to the PACU or patient's bed and assists in transferring patients to PACU when necessary

Room Turnover

Responsible for room turnovers between cases

Clean room according to guidelines

Dispose of soiled linen and replace with clean laundry bag

Dispose of trash and re-line buckets with plastic liners

Mops floor with a clean mop and disinfectant solution after every case

Empties suction canisters into safety station in dirty utility room

Manages the emptying, cleaning, and dispersion of fluid management system

Replaces clean suction canisters and tubing at each suction regulator in the OR

Cleans and re-makes OR bed and/or stretcher

Restocks room as necessary

Education

High School Graduate or Equivalent

American Heart Association Heartsaver or BLS Certification

Additional REQUIRED Qualifications/Skills :

Ability to assist with lifting heavy patients and equipmentFLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled