Assists in transporting patients and sets up Operating Room, maintains and operates special equipment in the Operating Room as required. Provides limited assistance to surgeons (holding limb/retractors, suctioning, sponging wound).
The Howley ASPIRE Pathways Program is an enrichment program sponsored by Cleveland Clinic and The Howley Foundation. This enrichment program is designed for high school seniors interested in pursuing a career in Surgical Technology.
The Howley ASPIRE Pathways Program focuses on providing participants with career information and critical skill sets to support their matriculation through higher education, post-secondary school, and beyond.
This position is for existing students in the Howley ASPIRE Pathways program and will connect students to PRN OR Service Assistant opportunities as part of their continuing education.
Responsibilities:
- Maintains surgical instrument sets and equipment and ensures proper sterile conditions.
- Cleans used instruments after surgery (this process may require assembly and maintenance of some instruments for proper cleaning and sterilization).
- Ensures proper sterile conditions, orders supplies, stocks, and maintains storage areas in the Operating Room for service.
- Assists in transporting patients.
- Assists RN in maintaining a safe environment for the patient.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education:
Certifications:
- Sterile processing certification preferred.
Complexity of Work:
- Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to work in a stressful environment.
Work Experience:
- Minimum two (2) years experience in sterile processing preferred.
Physical Requirements:
- Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination. Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
- Frequently lifts and carries items weighing up to 25 pounds and ability to push, pull, and navigate supply carts weighing up to 200 pounds.
- Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
- Requires working under stressful conditions of working irregular hours.
- Requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
Pay Range
Minimum hourly: $21.00
Maximum hourly: $21.00
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