Peri-Operative Attendant

What will you do?

The role of the Perioperative Attendant is to assist the RN in the care of the Perioperative patient in the preoperative, perioperative and postoperative periods.

Required Job Specific Competencies:

• Demonstrates the ability to work independently and exhibits flexibility in decision making and prioritizing assignments.
• Demonstrates the ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with the medical and nursing staff as well as other disciplines and departments within the facility.
• Actively guards the confidentiality of sensitive info including but not limited to the patients, staff and the health system.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient
• The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret each patient's requirements relative to age-specific needs and to the care needed.
• Lives the CARES values at all times.

Qualifications:

• High school graduate or equivalent required
• One year of health care experience preferred
• Experience in bedside patient care in a long term or acute health facility, preferred.
• Successful completion of the UR Medicine Thompson Health orientation program once hired

Supervision Received:

• Works under the direct supervision of the OR RN

Contact with Others:

• Patients, families, visitors, members of other departments and ancillary staff, medical staff requiring courtesy and respect at all times

Working Conditions/Hazards/Equipment & Machinery Used:

• May be exposed to infectious diseases, muscle strains or injury in handling of equipment or helping with patients who might be combative.
• Walks, stands for long periods.
• Must be able to lift, push and pull heavy weights during patient care.
• Works in well lit, well ventilated area.
• Maybe subject to variable temperatures.
• Frequently exposed to disagreeable odors, sights, sounds, body wastes, blood, etc.
• Exposed to emotional stresses associated with the care of the ill and dying.

Special Requirements (technical/physical):

• Operating Room Attendants may be required to work during emergency cases, or may be asked to work variable shifts to utilize the Operating Room Suites.
• The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret each patient's requirements relative to age-specific needs and to the care needed.

Pay Range: $17.90 - $21.00 per hour

Starting Pay: Based on Experience

Thompson Health is an EOE encouraging women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply.