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Perioperative Assistant

United States 20.80 - 31.20 USD / Hour · Job Posted February 20, 2026
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Job Responsibility

  • Provide assistance with supportive clinical tasks as defined by policy and procedure as directed by licensed RN staff & Surgeons
  • Support staff in other department as needed
  • Assist staff with repositioning patient within the clinical areas
  • Relocate equipment within the department/hospital
  • Perform point of care testing following guidelines set by hospital policy
  • Communicates with patient, families and health care team in a competent courteous and professional manner
  • Identifies and transporting patients to and from Surgery
  • Responds to codes in the OR and PACU
  • Operates positioning equipment under supervision
  • Participates in the preparation of the Operating rooms/Case
  • Removes all case carts from sterile lift and transports to appropriate area of the department
  • Ensures all equipment is maintained in a clean fashion and returned to its proper storage area
  • Cleans instrument when OR/SPD instrument team is not available
  • Reviews the surgeon preference cards and ensures all items/equipment needed for the procedure and positioning of the patient are present
  • Attempts to rectify deficiencies
  • report any missing items to the Circulating Nurse for direction and resolution
  • Places linen and trash bags on all case carts
  • Assists nursing personnel with OR set up including setting supplies around the room, gathering additional equipment/supplies, and opening sterile supplies
  • In the event of surgical delays, monitors open sterile fields
  • Retrieves and transports sterilized items from the autoclave/Steris to OR rooms
  • Removes instrumentation/equipment and /or supply items from case carts prior to transport to Sterile Processing
  • Returns all unused case carts to Sterile Processing
  • Assists nursing personnel in end of case clean up by placing all dirty instrument trays, garbage and suctions on the case cart
  • Ensures all suction canisters have solidifying agent in them prior to placing on cart
  • Participates in maintenance of the Surgery Department
  • Conducts between case room cleaning to include cleaning and disinfecting of OR tables, floors, equipment, etc
  • Makes the OR bed with clean linen in accordance with department procedures
  • Uses appropriate germicide in disinfecting rooms
  • Handles chemicals and solutions following department policy
  • ensure that all chemicals and solutions are in properly labeled containers
  • Runs biological testing for implants flash autoclaved in the OR
  • Reports results to appropriate staff
  • Maintains blood refrigerator in sterile ensuring inventory levels and ensures that gauges and keys are available for oxygen tanks
  • Ensures the Surgery area is appropriately stocked and supplied to meet the needs of the patient and Nursing Staff
  • Transporting deceased to morgue
  • Transporting of equipment/supplies between operating room, PACU, SPD, and other units as directed
  • Obtain supplies, beds and equipment from other areas of the hospital as needed
  • Monitors sterile items on the case carts and notifies Sterile Processing of the need to replace missing items
  • Procure blood, laboratory and pathology reports, radiology films, and other patient related information to the Operating Room
  • Deliver specimens to laboratory/pathology, as needed both routine and stat
  • Clean and prepare patient carts and wheelchair between patients’ use following guidelines set by hospital policy and OSHA along with other equipment
  • Ensures that all work areas are maintained in a clean and orderly fashion at all times
  • Documentation of cleaning equipment on appropriate form i.e. cart cleaning record
  • Monitoring and informing charge RN when supplies are needed
  • Stocking and obtaining supplies from inventory store room when needed to the areas of Surgery, Local Rooms, and scrub sinks on a daily basis
  • Ensures fluids and blankets are placed in warmers and replenished as needed
  • Assists with direct patient care under the direction of the Nursing staff
  • Assists nursing personnel in conducting postmortem care and transports deceased patient to the morgue
  • Assists nursing personnel in transferring patients to and form OR tables, beds, wheelchairs, stretchers or carts
  • Assists nursing personnel in the positioning and maintenance of patient safety
  • Assists with regional anesthesia by holding the patient in position for spinal/epidural blocks
  • Assist nursing personnel in the performance of surgical preps by holding affected extremities
  • Performs surgical clipping for surgical patients
  • Responsibility of professional growth, self-development and objective
  • Demonstrates self-direction for continuing education
  • Seeks education and learning experiences of identified need
  • Attendance of departmental meeting and in-services on a consistent basis
  • Sets realistic goals and objectives on a yearly basis
  • Participation in orientation of new staff
  • Continue compliance with mandatory education skills set by the hospital
  • Demonstrates self-direction for maintaining skill (literature in-service, experience on the job, interaction with others)
  • Using equipment/resources responsibly

Requirements

  • High School education
  • 6 months – 1 year previous patient care experience in a hospital setting
  • 1 year surgery experience
  • Ability to use computer keyboard
  • Knowledge of medical terminology
  • CPR
  • Ability to rotate shifts
  • Ability to perform heavy lifting in accordance with DOL definition, bending, squatting, standing for prolonged periods and reaching overhead
  • Ability to handle multiple requests for assistance and to work in a fast paced stressful environment
  • Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance

What we offer

  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program
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