Northwell Health

Nonprofit health system in New York and Connecticut

Hospital Operating Room Assistant/Environmental Service Worker

Environmental Services (Healthcare)Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

ContractNorwalk, CT, USA$20In-person

About the Job

Requirements

A high school diploma is required.
At least one year of job-related experience is required; the minimum experience line also states six months.
The role requires significant manual skills, motor coordination, and finger dexterity.
The role involves very heavy physical effort, with exertion up to 50 pounds.
The role involves significant occupational risk and exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, and similar conditions.

Responsibilities

Transport patients to and from the operating room area while ensuring patient safety, reporting patient complaints, assisting nursing staff with lifting, rolling, moving, and transferring patients, positioning patients for surgery, and holding limbs while assisting with sterile preparation of the surgical site.
Transport specimens to the laboratory and run errands to ancillary units, including pharmacy, medical records, radiology, ambulatory surgery, and medical units.
Restock supplies, non-specialty carts, and prep carts; fill blanket warmers in the sterile core; clean sinks and plumbing fixtures; replenish paper towels, soap, and toilet paper; polish metal and other bright surfaces; clean glass and enamel fixtures using appropriate chemicals; retrieve trays, nourishment, and linen; and put nourishment supplies away.
Set up specialty tables and additional equipment for procedures, report malfunctioning or broken equipment promptly to the manager or charge nurse, return cleaned equipment to its proper location, and maintain equipment storage rooms.
Operate operating-room sterilization equipment, including Steris equipment and autoclaves.
Clean operating-room suites and restricted areas between cases efficiently, keep hallways and scrub areas clean and unobstructed, perform daily cleaning of assigned suites and dust-collecting vertical and horizontal surfaces and high areas, and dust, clean, and polish furniture, beds, and stretchers and replace sheets.
Dispose of linen and trash appropriately while following standard bloodborne precautions, and empty and replace sharps containers in all rooms.
Mop floors daily; wax, strip, and buff floors as needed after additional training; and dry- and wet-mop operating-room suites, side areas, hallways, and other assigned areas.
Listen to and accept instructions from the surgical team supportively, receive and relay messages accurately, and communicate thoughtfully with patients, families, physicians, and healthcare workers.
Fulfill all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
Maintain and model the organization's values, demonstrate regular, reliable, and predictable attendance, and perform other duties as assigned or required.

Desired Qualifications

Operating room experience is preferred because the role assembles equipment for each case.
Ability to read and speak conversational English is desired.

Schedule: Mon-Fri 7a-330p, 930a-6p and 3p-11p as needed.

OR experience preferred as they put together equipment for each case.

No on call and no floating

Summary:

The purpose of the Operating Room Assistant is to perform service functions that support the delivery of patient care in the Operating Room on a temporary basis to replace vacancies and FMLA employees. These functions include but are not limited to patient transportation, maintenance and cleaning of equipment and operating rooms, stocking supplies and running errands. Additionally, OR Assistant's perform a surgical scrub and hold retractors during certain procedures

Responsibilities:

OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria A: Transports patients to and from the operating room area. Ensure patient safety. Reports any patient complaints. Assists nursing with lifting, rolling, moving, and transferring patients to and from the operating room bed. Assists in positioning patients for surgery. Holds limbs and assists circulator in sterile prepping the surgery site. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria B: Transports specimens to the laboratory, runs unit errands to and from ancillary units, such as pharmacy, medical records, radiology, ASU, medical units, etc. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria C: Re-stocks supplies, non-specialty carts, prep carts, and fills the blanket warmers in the sterile core as needed. Washes sinks and other plumbing fixtures and replaces supplies, such as paper-towels, soaps and toilet paper as needed. Polishes metal or other bright surfaces, cleaning glass and enamel fixtures with proper cleaning chemicals. Retrieves trays, nourishment, and linen daily. Puts nourishment supplies away.
OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria A: Sets up the specialty tables and additional equipment for procedures for specific procedures Reports malfunctions or broken equipment to the manager or charge nurse in a timely manner. Returns cleaned equipment to respective location after use, maintains equipment storage rooms. Operates operating room-based sterilization equipment (i.e., Steris, autoclaves). OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria B: Cleans operating room suites and other restricted areas in between cases in an efficient and timely manner, maintaining clean and unobstructed hallways and scrub areas. Cleans OR suites as assigned daily, vertical and horizontal surfaces that collect dust, and cleans tops of windows, doorframes, TVs, and other high places, using ladder when necessary. Dusts, cleans and polishes furniture including beds. Cleans stretchers and beds and replaces sheets. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria C: Disposes of all linen and trash in the appropriate manner, adhering to standard blood borne precautions. Empty and replace sharps containers in all rooms. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria D: Mops floors in all areas on a daily basis. Wax, strip, and buff floors as needed (with additional training). Dry and wet mop floors of OR suites, other side areas, hallways and other areas as assigned, maintaining a clean, orderly area at all times.
OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria A: Demonstrates positive performance behavior by listening and accepting instructions from the surgical team in a supportive, positive manner. Demonstrates ability to receive and give messages correctly. Communicates to patients, families, physicians and healthcare workers using caring and thoughtful words Performs other job-related duties as assigned by Director, Manager, or Nurse. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria B: Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position. OR ORDERLY/CLEANING TECHNICIAN Criteria C: Performs other duties as assigned.
Maintains and models the organizations values.
Demonstrates regular, reliable and predictable attendance.
Performs other duties as required.

Education Skills Experience:

Required: This position requires a minimum formal education of High School Diploma and minimum of 1-year job-related experience. Minimum Experience: six months Desired: Read and speak conversational English.

Working Conditions:

Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Significant occupational risk

Physical Effort: Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Significant exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Minimum Salary/Range*: 20.0000

Maximum Salary/Range*: 20.0000

About the Company

Northwell Health

Nonprofit health system in New York and Connecticut

Northwell Health is a nonprofit health system serving patients across New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and Connecticut through hospitals and outpatient practices. Its network combines hospitals for complex care, community hospitals and specialty centers such as Cohen Children's Medical Center and Zucker Hillside Hospital. The system coordinates hospital, ambulatory and post-acute care, with philanthropy supporting its community mission. Its research institutes and partnerships with Hofstra University connect patient care with medical discovery and training for doctors, nurses and physician assistants. Founded in 1997, Northwell is headquartered in Lake Success, New York.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Lake Success, NY
Founded: 1997

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