Patient Care Assistant

Responsible for opening sterile supplies, assisting with patient positioning, coordinating and assisting with the set up and cleanup of the operating rooms as well as assisting team members in the delivery of patients to and from the operating room

1. Reviews the OR schedule daily, tracking and monitoring the necessary pick‐up and delivery of patients to and from the operating rooms as needed to ensure timely surgical starts
2. Opens and assists the team with supplies, instrument sets, suture selection and meeting benchmark turnovers
3. Assists the surgical suite in patient positioning, surgical preps, clipping and aids in the retrieving of x‐rays, equipment set up and tracking and removing instruments to and from the operating room suites
4. Rounds within their assigned surgical rooms to ensure that all turnovers are met and Supports the necessary patient movement and flow
5. Assists Registered Nurses, Surgical Scrubs and the Surgeons while preventing the disruption of the surgical case by retrieving supplies, relaying messages and managing the ancillary support of the surgical team
6. Anticipates the needs of the surgical team members and provides the necessary support and knowledge of surgical supplies, instruments and sutures
7. Sets up and tears down laparoscopic equipment, ensuring that printers, cameras and tubing is properly processed and arranged
8. Ensures that used surgical instruments are cleaned, replaced and properly returned to the decontamination department within SPD
9. Assists in the pre‐operative patient preparation once the patient has arrived in the operating room/includes placing grounding pad on patient and ensuring that the device is properly connected
10. Obtains the necessary skin preparation solutions and prepares the prep stand as needed

Required Education and Experience

*High School Diploma/GED
*Based on location assignment may also require BLS/ACLS/ and or PALS
*One (1) year of related health care experience

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training

*Ability to understand and develop processes that assist and aid the surgical team
*Good knowledge of operating room etiquette/processes/medical terminology
*Demonstrate competency in the opening and storing of sterile surgical supplies/sterile field

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S., from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services, CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community.