Career Opportunities

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Working under the direction of nursing, contributes to the Hospital’s mission to care, to heal, and to excel in service to our community by assisting the surgical services team in preparing rooms, transporting patients and performing other functions to optimize the efficiency of the Operating Room department. This clinical-support position has an impact on reducing patient harm by thoroughly cleaning rooms between procedures and on patient satisfaction by professionally and empathetically supporting patients as they enter the surgical environment and on minimizing turnaround times.

Job Description:

Winchester Hospital is a 5x Magnet designated, Top 10 Massachusetts recognized 223-bed regional hospital that is the leading provider of comprehensive health care services in the northwest suburban Boston area. 

Schedule: 40 hours, day shift

JOB FUNCTIONS

Working under the direction of nursing, contributes to the Hospital’s mission to care, to heal, and to excel in service to our community by assisting the surgical 

services team in preparing rooms, transporting patients and performing other functions to optimize the efficiency of the Operating Room department.  This clinical-support position has an impact on reducing patient harm by thoroughly cleaning rooms between procedures and on patient satisfaction by professionally and empathetically supporting patients as they enter the surgical environment and on minimizing turnaround times.

As part of the Patient Care Services – Surgical Services team and under the direction of nursing, this position:

• Follows the standards and practices of AORN and Infection Control within the sterile operating room environment under the guidance of the OR staff.

• Assists with positioning of patients under the direction of nursing, surgeon, and anesthesia providers.

• Thoroughly cleans operating rooms between procedures including equipment, walls, lighting and floor as needed.  Collecting and disposing of medical waste, including blood, tissue and bodily fluids.  Preparing rooms for the following procedure ensuring expedient turnaround time and a neat environment.

• Retrieving and signing out blood products.

• Processes and Deliverers specimens and tissue to specified areas as requested.

• Retrieves and Sets Up equipment as needed for surgical procedures.

• Pushes patient and the patient’s medical chart from the various departments within the hospital, conveying empathy and reassurance while caring for the patient’s dignity, comfort and safety.

• Crossed trained to clean and disinfect anesthesia equipment.

• Performs EKG's, blood Point of Care, and other tests and basic procedures.

• Provides personal care and hygiene to patients as needed.

• Maintains a clean and safe work environment to enhance patient satisfaction and a culture of safety..

• Maintains appropriate par levels of inventory for the unit, addressing inventory issues in atimely manner, and places orders as needed.  Stocks linen carts, blanket warmers, suction containers and other non-sterile supplies to ensure efficiency of the operating room area. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Experience

Required:

• High school diploma or G.E.D.  

Preferred:

• Certified Nursing Assistant or a nursing student with completion of two (2) clinical rotations or equivalent education or one (1) year clinical care experience.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS: 

Preferred: Certified Nursing Assistant

LIFE SUPPORT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED:  Basic Life Support

Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) is an integrated health system dedicated to creating healthier communities — one person at a time — through seamless care and ground-breaking science, driven by excellence, innovation and equity.

Founded in 2019, our system brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, primary and specialty care, behavioral health and home care services, and more than 5,900 physicians and 36,000 employees to care for more than 1.7 million patients in communities across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Together, we are changing healthcare for the better.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

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