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Dartmouth Health · 11 hours ago

Perioperative Support Technician - Operating Room, Per Diem

New London, NH

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

Dartmouth Health is a healthcare provider focused on ensuring patient safety and maintaining sterile environments in surgical services. The Perioperative Support Technician collaborates with the surgical team to manage operating room workflows and maintain cleanliness, while also assisting in various tasks such as equipment setup and specimen handling.

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Responsibilities

Orients and completes the necessary competencies to perform a variety of essential environmental and material management functions that ensure patient safety, reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections (HAC’s), and create safe, clean and sterile work environments for Surgical Services

The Peri-op Support Technician works collaboratively with the surgical team to ensure efficient workflows in the operating room while adhering to AORN standards

The PST will be responsible for turnover of OR’s as well as weekly terminal cleaning

PST will know and understand equipment used during surgeries, and how to set up rooms

The PST will also understand Decontamination processes in Central Sterile, learn to clean and process endoscopy scopes, know instrumentation in order to be a runner for the surgical team, and help to pull cases for next day’s surgeries

The PST may also be asked to run specimens to the lab

This position will also cross train to PACU to assist as needed with patients or daily housekeeping needs

Qualification

Basic Life SupportEnvironmental managementMaterial managementDecontamination processesCollaboration with surgical teamSurgical equipmentCleaningProcessing scopesInstrumentation knowledge