Dartmouth Health
Perioperative Support Technician - Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Dartmouth Health, New London, New Hampshire, us, 03257
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Performs environmental cleaning processes for all Perioperative areas including procedural and non-procedural spaces, restricted and semi-restricted spaces and all equipment contained therein.
Removes clean, unneeded equipment from PACU/OR and ensures trash and contaminated linens and instruments are properly handled and sent to appropriate destination.
Handles blood, tissue, bodily fluids, recyclables and other materials safely.
Learns to perform "terminal cleaning", an intensive cleaning process, ensuring that MOR spaces are free of infectious materials that cause hospital-acquired infections (HAC's).
Performs rapid room turnovers using standards of OR sanitation and/or terminal cleaning and helps to prepare OR after room turnover.
Helps to clean and maintain other areas of OR/PACU on a regularly scheduled basis.
Reports all faulty equipment to supervisor.
Learns to inventory and obtains supplies and equipment needed for safe and efficient patient care.
Under the direction of the primary nurse, will assist patient prior to surgery with preparation.
Will provide post-surgical nutrition and patient transport outside of the department.
Area of Interest:Support Staff;
Pay Range:$18.25 - $26.96;
Work Status:4 ten hour shifts 930 A to 8 P with some flexibility as needed;
Employment Type:full-time;
Job ID:5753
Dartmouth Health is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. We do not exclude or treat people differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.
Performs environmental cleaning processes for all Perioperative areas including procedural and non-procedural spaces, restricted and semi-restricted spaces and all equipment contained therein.
Removes clean, unneeded equipment from PACU/OR and ensures trash and contaminated linens and instruments are properly handled and sent to appropriate destination.
Handles blood, tissue, bodily fluids, recyclables and other materials safely.
Learns to perform "terminal cleaning", an intensive cleaning process, ensuring that MOR spaces are free of infectious materials that cause hospital-acquired infections (HAC's).
Performs rapid room turnovers using standards of OR sanitation and/or terminal cleaning and helps to prepare OR after room turnover.
Helps to clean and maintain other areas of OR/PACU on a regularly scheduled basis.
Reports all faulty equipment to supervisor.
Learns to inventory and obtains supplies and equipment needed for safe and efficient patient care.
Under the direction of the primary nurse, will assist patient prior to surgery with preparation.
Will provide post-surgical nutrition and patient transport outside of the department.
Area of Interest:Support Staff;
Pay Range:$18.25 - $26.96;
Work Status:4 ten hour shifts 930 A to 8 P with some flexibility as needed;
Employment Type:full-time;
Job ID:5753
Dartmouth Health is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. We do not exclude or treat people differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.