Operating Room (OR) Attendant

City / State

Virginia Beach, VA

Overview

Work Shift

Rotating (United States of America)

Sentara is hiring an Operating Room Attendant at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Shift :

Full Time (40-hours), Rotating 8-hour shifts, 5 days a week. Does require call to cover weekends.

Qualifications : HSD / GED Required

HSD / GED Required

Operating room setting experience who understands sterility within the surgical setting strongly preferred

Hospital supply inventory experience strongly preferred

Hospital patient experience (care partners, transporters) strongly preferred

Experience in a hospital environment and interacting with patients preferred

Hospital ESD experience preferred

Responsibilities : Transport of patients, beds, specimens, stretchers, blood to / from the OR. Cleaning / turnover of the OR suites and corridor.

Turning over anesthesia machines and carts. Can you add under Work Experience : Prior OR experience preferred. Prior transport experience in the hospital setting preferred.

Prior Anesthesia Aide experience preferred.

WHO SENTARA IS

Sentara is a Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina based not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that has been in business for over 131 years.

Offering more than 500 sites of care including 12 hospitals, PACE (Elder Care), home health, hospice, medical groups, imaging services, therapy, outpatient surgery centers, and an 858,000 member health plan.

The people of the communities that we serve have nominated Sentara "Employer of Choice" for over ten years. U.S. News and World Report has recognized Sentara as having the Best Hospitals for 15+ years.

Sentara offers professional development and a continued employment philosophy!

Benefits : Sentara offers an attractive array of full-time benefits to include Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Sick, Parental and Caregiver Leave, Educational Assistance, Emergency Back-Up Care and other family benefits, a 401k / 403B with matching funds, 401a, Performance Plus Bonus, Career Advancement Opportunities, Work Perks, and more .

Our success is supported by a family-friendly culture that encourages community involvement and creates unlimited opportunities for development and growth.

We welcome you to be a part of an excellent healthcare organization that cares about our People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity.

Join a team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve!

Keywords : Talroo - Allied Health. OR. Anesthesia. Patient Transport. OR Tech. ESD. Environmental Services. Operating Room. OR Sanitation.

Job Summary

The Operating Room (OR) Attendant supports professional staff in caring for the surgical patient. This support is met through the transportation of patients from inpatient / emergency room / ICU departments to the pre-op holding area.

In addition to the transportation of patients, the OR attendant is responsible for the cleaning of the operating room suites between surgical procedures.

OR Attendants will support anesthesia staff both in the operating room setting as well as ancillary departments by ensuring adequate stocking of anesthesia supplies in medication carts, the cleaning of anesthesia machines, and the transportation of anesthesia machines and carts.

OR attendants will be asked to transport specimens and blood products to and from the lab as well as ensure proper stocking of various formalin containers used for specimen handling and transport.

The OR attendant will assist in the positioning of surgical patients with the guidance of professional OR staff. The OR attendant will help prepare the operating room suite by the opening of sterile supplies onto the sterile field and ensuring the proper equipment is available in the room for the surgical procedure.

Environmental Service; Acute care inventory supply; and Operating room support preferred. BLS within 90 days of hire.

Qualifications :

HS - High School Grad or Equivalent (Required)

Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) RQI, Heartsaver CPRAED Certification - Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) RQI

Skills

Communication

Sentara Healthcare prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

Per Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), some clinical environments require proof of education; these regulations are posted at ecfr.

gov for further information. In an effort to expedite this verification requirement, we encourage you to upload your diploma or transcript at time of application.

In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.