OR Attendant OR East40hrs

When you join the growing BILH team youre not just taking a job youre making a difference in peoples lives.

The Operating Room Assistant reports to the Perioperative Manager. This position is responsible for providing a wide variety of duties including; assisting with transport of patients independently transporting patients assisting with positioning of patients monitoring equipment and supply par levels restocking cleaning and set-up of patient bays and retrieval of beds

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

1. Communicates with patients/families management and members of the healthcare team clearly and courteously. Helps to facilitate a cooperative and positive work environment. Cross-covers for UCO during absences (PACU only).
2. Transports patients as directed maintaining a conscious regard for their comfort and safety. Assists nurse in patient care by lifting and positioning patients. May assist with other patient care tasks as directed (i.e. preps).
3. Provides assistance to nursing staff during patient admission/discharge by anticipating needs i.e. infusion pumps Baer Hugger PCA/Epidural pumps monitors oxygen tanks setting up stretchers/beds with oxygen tank and mask IV pole pillow blanket. Transports patients to and from inpatient units with assistance or independently.
4. Accompanies outpatients to lobby and waits with then until their transportation arrives. Assists them into their vehicle (PACU only). Transports patients to other parts of the hospital as required. Picks up and delivers medications/specimens as directed. Obtains or returns blood products to/from Blood Bank as directed.
5. Cleans patients equipment including: monitors cables and specialty equipment. Assists in manpower support for moves special set-ups and any other occasion when a larger than normal group is needed. Restocking of supplies on unit including bedside cards infusion epidural and PCA pumps from the distribution center. Stocks warmers with blankets solutions. Stocks pods cleaning supplies.

Required Qualifications:

1. High School diploma or GED required .
2. 0-1 years related work experience required.
3. Basic familiarity with computers. Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.

Competencies:

1. Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.
2. Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff patients families and external customers.
3. Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts practices procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
4. Team Work: Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas identifying issues and respecting team members.
5. Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients visitors staff and external customers in a professional service-oriented respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.

Physical Nature of the Job:
Very Heavy work: Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or 50 pounds of force continually. Employee is physically active in all elements of the job.

Pay Range:

$20.50 - $27.59

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors that may include seniority education training relevant experience relevant certifications geographyof work location job responsibilities or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials call pay premium pay overtime pay and other additional pay practices as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

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) as a condition of employment.

More than 35000 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.

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