Nursing Assistant - Per Diem, Various 8 Hour Shifts, OR Support, Morristown Medical Center - Atlantic Health System

Responsibilities

• Transports patients, supplies, specimens, blood and equipment as requested.
• Assists in lifting and/or transferring patients from stretcher/bed to OR table and vice versa.
• Assists in holding patient extremities for surgical preparations as directed.
• Ensures positioning devices and equipment are available in the appropriate rooms for cases.
• Properly handles surgical specimens, as directed.
• Performs turnover duties between cases in collaboration with the housekeeper. Cleans medical equipment between cases.
• Assists nursing team by opening sterile supplies, Demonstrates proper aseptic technique.
• Checks case carts for completeness. Obtains necessary equipment, sterile supplies, and positioning aids for scheduled cases.
• Assists with inventory counts and supply outdates, restocks warmers and rotates fluids.
• Assists with restocking unused supplies in the OR supply room or returns to Central Sterile Department Checks, cleans, and restocks assigned service line storage areas.
• Participates in hospital safety programs, Supports and enforces infection-control policies and procedures.
• Maintains patient and medical staff confidentiality.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Managing the cleanliness around the operation department and rooms where surgeries take place. 
• Properly handles and disposes of sharps, biohazardous waste, regular trash and contaminated linens.
• Contributes to maximum efficiency of the surgical schedule by facilitating on-time case starts and efficient, timely turnovers.
• Demonstrates compliance with Code of Conduct and compliance policies and takes action to resolve compliance questions or concerns and report suspected violations.