Procedure Support Technician, Nights, Operating Room

With over 150 years of caring for our community and each other in the Washington DC area, Howard University Hospital has a world-renowned reputation for high-quality, patient-centric care. Howard University Hospital is the nation's only teaching hospital located on the campus of a Historically Black University and has created a superior learning environment, with groundbreaking research and positive patient outcomes.
 
Howard University Hospital seeks to hire a Full Time, Nights - Procedure Support Technician in Operating Rooms who will embrace our reach and historic tradition of excellence. If you want to make a difference in someone's life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference. 

This position is Full Time, M-F 2:30AM-11:00AM, EOW as needed
Pay Range: $17.40-$28.48 (actual offer rates are based upon the applicants relevant experience related to position)

The Procedure Support Technician assists with the quick and efficient set-up and turnover of cases in each surgical suite by cleaning the operating rooms and equipment, and interacts with clinical nurses, operating room technicians and physicians to expedite the set-up and turnover of surgical cases.
 

The Procedure Support Technician:

• Assists with the quick and efficient set-up and turnover of cases in each surgical suite as outlined in departmental procedures.  Cleans all surgical equipment before and after each surgical case or before bringing into OR. 
• Assembles equipment daily to clean rooms and remove trash, preparing mops and wet vac cleaning solutions.
• Bags and removes trash from each operating room and places trash on transport cart. Transports trash to incinerator.  Remove soiled linen from each operating room and places them on transport cart.  Washes operating room table, buckets, walls and other furniture and performs appropriate floor care after each procedure.  Ensures OR beds are cleaned and linen replaced.  Wipes surgical lights as needed. 
• Takes transport cart to designated area, removes trash, linen and instruments and returns to respective areas. 
• Checks scrub areas frequently for general cleanliness and removes excess water from floors. 
• Transports patients to and from OR, holding area and various diagnostic and therapeutic areas.  Assist in transportation of equipment and supplies to and from rooms and ensures proper handling and storage. 
• Cleans gas rooms daily or as needed. 
• Ensures adequate supplies in supply room, keeping the supply room neat.  Restocks supplies in assigned rooms. 
• Prepares stretchers for patient transport. Helps patients into and out of wheelchairs and onto stretchers. 
• Assists with patient transfer to and from the operating table.  Assists in positioning patients and hold limbs for surgical prep as directed. 
•  Assumes other duties and responsibilities that are related and appropriate to the position and area.  The above responsibilities are a general description of the level and nature of the work assigned to this classification and are not to be considered as all-inclusive. 

Required Skills:

• Ability to understand basic aseptic techniques and environmental controls.
• Ability to understand work hazards and be familiar of fire and safety regulations.
• Ability to assist in the quick and efficient set-up and turnover of cases in surgical suites according to department and the Hospital's policies and procedures.
• Ability to clean operating rooms according to procedures daily.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of patient information and respect patient's privacy.
• Ability to operate basic cleaning equipment.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and harmonious working relationships with staff, patients and their families, physicians, other medical care providers, Hospital and University Officials and the general public.
• Ability to understand basic aseptic techniques and environmental controls.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and harmonious working relationships with staff, patients, physicians and the general public.
• Competence in both oral and written English.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• High school or GED equivalent
• 6 months experience in housekeeping and/or janitorial work in a hospital facility
• BLS through American Heart Association

At Howard University Hospital our job is to care for you. We do this by offering:

• ​​​​​Work life balance
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Benefits and retirement packages

COVID-19 Vaccination 

Howard University Hospital requires all external applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment.  External Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination and, if offered, may elect to be vaccinated at a designated Howard University Hospital location.