What are the responsibilities and job description for the OR Assistant position at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital?
Job Brief
1 Opening
Pay Range: OR ASSISTANT - $21.79 to $30.51
Job Summary:
Functions as a member of the surgical team under the direct supervision of a registered perioperative nurse. Responsible for assisting general cleaning, running errands, relaying messages, assisting with patient care and room turnover.
Licensure and Certification:
- Current BLS provider card required
Education:
- High school graduate or GED equivalent
Experience:
- One (1) year clinical experience in an OR preferred
Knowledge and Skills:
- Ability to understand the operation of some equipment
- Self-directed and able to function independently
Physical Demands - Patient Care:
- Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting.
- Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices.
- Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.
- Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.
- Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney.
- Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
- Occasional/intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.
- Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.
Key for Physical Demands
Continuous
66 to 100% of the time
Frequent
33 to 65% of the time
Occasional
0 to 32% of the time
Salary : $22 - $31
