Schedule: Full-time 40 hours, 1pm - 9:30pm, Monday - Friday

Work requires 3-6 weeks of orientation on day shift to become proficient in routine workflow and specific duties of varied specialties on 1st and 6th floors.

The OR Assistant is an integral part of the Surgical Team in providing an optimal environment for surgical patients. The OR Assistant performs duties in support of nursing care and contributes to efficient care and room turnover. The OR Assistant works under the direct supervision of the Lead who reports to the OR Clinical Leader and the Nursing Director. The OR Assistant will also engage in the practice of the Patient and Family Centered Care Model in an environment that exemplifies best practice.

• Assists the surgical team pre, intra and post-operatively by performing activities to promote an efficient delivery of care.
• Prepares the OR suites for the daily schedule by setting up required equipment in a “ready to use” manner. This room set up should be complete or missing equipment will be communicated to the morning team for completion.
• Assists in transferring patients to and from the operating room table/stretcher by using good body mechanics and ergonomic equipment.
• Transports specimens/cultures to the appropriate lab in a safe and efficient manner.
• Cleans ORs between cases properly and efficiently and in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Anticipates procedure completion in advance and has supplies ready for immediate cleaning.
• Gathers, transports and properly disposes of trash, soiled linen and contaminated materials, per policy.

Grade: 120

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community.We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital is a 171- bed non-profit, community teaching hospital located in Jamaica Plain directly across the street from the Arnold Arboretum.Founded in 1900, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital offers comprehensive care in a wide variety of specialties.Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital is a designated Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a recognition that fewer than nine percent of all US hospitals receive.

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