Baptist Health - Central Alabama · 1 month ago
OR Assistant
Baptist Health is the largest healthcare system serving central Alabama, providing comprehensive hospital-based and outpatient services. The Operating Room Assistant is responsible for transporting supplies, equipment, and patients, providing technical support services for Surgery and Anesthesia, and assisting with various duties in the operating room.
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Responsibilities
Transport supplies, equipment, and patients
Scrub on surgical cases for retraction purposes as assigned
Provide technical support services for Surgery and/or Anesthesia
Assist with pulling cases
Open/setting up procedures
Assist with cleaning of OR rooms
Reprocess sterile instruments
Assist with maintenance of supplies, equipment, carts, and patient care
Assist the Circulating Nurse with delegated duties
May have additional duties assigned that are within scope of the role
Qualification
Required
High School diploma or equivalent required
Successful completion of requirements for ORA II competencies regarding sterile technique, basic anatomy, and patient safety issues
BLS required
Knowledge of proper body mechanics
Ability to communicate properly
Knowledge of how to avoid accidental exposure of self and others to harmful situations; when in the retractor holder role, must satisfactorily perform 5 each: open abdominal cases and 5 laparoscopic cases under the direct supervision of the Support Staff Supervisor, ST, and/or RN; documentation must be maintained
Must maintain competency as regards to patient safety and field visualization
Position requires sitting for 5% of the workday and walking 70%, standing 20%, bending, stooping, reaching 5% of the workday
Requires occasional lifting or carrying up to 50 pounds, pushing/pulling up to 150 pounds
There is a continuous need for speaking with clear diction and hearing sensitivity in conversation either by phone or in person
Continuous visual acuity at close and distant range
Inside protected from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes
Minimal noise levels
Much exposure to computer work
Occasional exposure to risk of electrical shock
Some exposure to infectious disease while performing job-related tasks
Some exposure to hazardous chemicals
Occasional exposure to radiation
Preferred
Clinical experience desired
Company
Baptist Health - Central Alabama
Baptist Health is the largest health care system in Central Alabama and a proud affiliate of the UAB Health System.
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