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Penn Medicine
OR Assistant - FT/ Day Shift/ NO WEEKENDS!!!
Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
Location: Plainsboro, NJ
Shift hours: Monday - Friday/ 8 am - 4pm ( no weekends)
Why join our amazing Princeton Penn Medicine Peri-Operative Tech Team?
This is an opportunity to join a team of professionals in a high paced and rewarding healthcare environment. If you have your sights on developing your career in the healthcare industry, this is your chance for a growth opportunity! We are an “all hands-on deck team”, we provided amazing training opportunities, and we do cross-train our employees to the highest standards. We are a growing team, and we have a work-life-balance approach!
Benefits You'll Receive at Princeton/Penn Medicine:
· Generous Paid Time Off benefits, including seven paid holidays that will give you the work-life balance today’s world needs
· Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage plan options that best fit your personal & family needs
· Tuition Assistance for both Part-Time (20+ hours) and Full-time (40 hours) employees.(0.5 FTE and over)
· Access to company paid life insurance, temporary disability. Employee discounts and perks, including but not limited to free secure employee-only parking, optional life insurance and other. Please click on this LINK for more information regarding our amazing benefits package.\The OR Assistant assists in the delivery of patient care by performing various activities and related support services under the supervision of the Director, Operating Room Manager or charge nurse. The O.R. Assistant is responsible for the safe transport/transfer of patients to, from, and within the surgical suite. In addition, the O.R. assistant is responsible for between case and terminal cleaning, and general cleaning duties. The O.R. Assistant is also responsible for the stocking of supplies.
We prefer candidates who have experience in housekeeping, nursing assistant, direct support worker and/ or as unit secretary especially in a hospital or healthcare setting.
Keys to Success:
- Organized
- Hardworking
- Patient care experience
- Good communication skills
- Able to physically transport/ transfer patient to and from OR
- Tidy
- Computer and technology savvy
- Knowledge in EPIC system is a PLUS.
Responsibilities:
- Assists in moving, transporting, and positioning patients in pre-op, procedural, and post-operative areas.
- Properly identifies patient using two identifiers prior to any and all transports.
- Assists in maintaining and obtaining equipment necessary for procedural cases.
- Identifies, communicates, and removes defective equipment from the peri-operative area.
- Maintain efficiency of unit which includes but limited to:
- Cleaning rooms between cases o Stocking of all unit supplies.
- Transporting of specimens within the facility.
- Transports post-operative patients to the appropriate discharge location.
In order to qualify, the OR Assistant needs to:- Complete specialized training
- Complete required mandatory competencies
- Age-Specific Knowledge & Skills – Possesses the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to meet patients’ physical, psychological and social needs with those growth and development levels/patient populations served within the department.
- Other duties and projects as assigned.
Credentials:
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)
- BLS Certification - required within 2 months of hire
Education or Equivalent Experience:
- H.S. Diploma/GED
- High school graduate / Vocational / GED - preferred previous housekeeping/hospital experience (preferred).
Live Your Life's Work
We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.