What are the responsibilities and job description for the OR Attendant position at Maimonides Medical Center and Careers?
About Us: We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to Planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clincal progams rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Boneand Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. Overview:
Maimonides is currently seeking an Operating Room Attendant to assist nursing personnel in the care of surgical patients and assist with the preservation of an aseptic environment.
Responsibilities:- Transport pre- and post-operative patients to/from the Operating Room and Post Anesthesia Care Unit.
- Prepare and assist with the transfer of patients to/from the Operating Room Table/Stretcher, and assist with the positioning of patients for the surgical procedure/introduction of spinal anesthesia.
- Assist Operating Room Nursing Staff with post-mortem care.
- Hold extremities during the preparation/draping process of the surgical procedure.
- Prepare the identified surgical site and the appropriate surrounding area.
- Bring equipment to/from the storage area to/from rooms as requested.
- Handle instrument tray delivery/returns and take specimens to the Laboratory and Blood Bank, in the absence of primary personnel (observing infection control protocol).
- Clean Operating Room Suite between cases, dispose of trash/laundry in appropriate hold containers.
- Maintain established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, performance improvement program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
- A High School diploma or equivalent.
- A minimum of 6 months to one (1) year of experience as a nurse’s aide preferred.
- Good communication & interpersonal skills.
Salary : $27 - $27