Operating Room Aide - Peace Arch Hospital

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $30.67 - $30.67 / hour Detailed Overview

Cleans, decontaminates, assembles, sterilizes and distributes supplies, surgical instruments and related equipment for the Operating Room (OR); disassembles, cleans, washes and reassembles anaesthetic and related equipment as required; transports anaesthetic and surgical instruments and/or equipment to the assigned area and maintains equipment and supplies, as per established procedures; picks surgical supplies/instruments as per established procedures and/or physician's request and transports specimens as needed.

Responsibilities

• Cleans, decontaminates, assembles, wraps, sterilizes and store instruments/equipment and supplies for an assigned area.
• Disassembles, washes, cleans and reassembles a variety of anaesthetic related equipment, according to established procedures; replaces worn parts such as tubing, light bulbs and gaskets, as required.
• Picks surgical supplies/instruments for surgical cases as per established procedures and/or per physician's request.
• Prepares dirty instruments for transport; transports contaminated equipment and instruments to and from the Operating Room (OR); locates and obtains instruments/supplies as required.
• Maintains cleanliness of sterilizers and sterile core and instrument room; cleans equipment room and shelving containing sterile and clean supplies.
• Distributes instrument and/or equipment in accordance to established procedures.
• Issues and/or delivers supplies, as requested; in conjunction with the Manager or designate, maintains departmental stock of supplies and checks against inventory levels as per established procedures; restocks supplies and sets up anaesthetic carts as per established procedures, fills supply requests from the OR and receives sterile supplies, as required.
• Checks and restocks plaster cart.
• Participates in the Departmental Quality Assurance Program by participating in the routine maintenance of departmental equipment by cleaning, checking and testing sterilizers and other related equipment.
• Transports specimens to the laboratory and picks up blood/blood products as assigned.
• Assists with room set-up for cases by performing such duties as moving out dirty tables and equipment and moving in tables and equipment for the next case.