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Nuvance Health Operating Room Assistant in Danbury, Connecticut
Operating Room Assistant
Location: Danbury, CT, United States
Requisition ID: 34081
Salary Range: 16.00 - 26.83 HOURLY
Work Shift: SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 10:30PM TO 7:00AM VARIABLE SHIFT WITH ROTATING WEEKEND CALL
FT/PT/PD: FULL-TIME
Exempt/Non-Exempt: Non-Exempt
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OPERATING ROOM ASSISTANTS WANTED AT THE DANBURY HOSPITAL!!
Attention Operating Room Assistants (ORA) looking for an opportunity to join the Danbury Hospital!
We have an opportunity for a passionate ORA committed to patient care and interested in being a part of a Nationally recognized team. As an Operation Room Assistant, you will earn competitive pay, perks, benefits and a generous shift differential. This is a union role and requires a minimum of a High School diploma or equivalent, good communications skills including proficient conversational English. Interested candidates are welcome to send resume to
Christine.Petti@NUVANCEHEALTH.COM
for immediate consideration. Pay is based on full years of relevant experience and ranges from $16 - 26.83 ( 0 - 15+ years experience)
Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practices locations, including The Heart Center, a leading provider of cardiology care. Non-acute care is offered through various affiliates,
Summary:
The purpose of the Operating Room Assistant is to perform service functions that support the delivery of patient care in the Operating Room. These functions include but are not limited to: patient transportation, maintenance and cleaning of equipment and operating rooms, stocking supplies and running errands. Additionally, OR Assistant's perform a surgical scrub and hold retractors during certain procedures.
Responsibilities:
Transports patients to the Operating Room.
Performs room turnovers.
Prepares equipment for each procedure.
Assists the nurse and physician with patient positioning & lifting.
Delivers specimens to the lab, runs errands to pharmacy, medical records, ASU, patient units, etc.
Orders X-rays and nourishments daily.
Maintains clean and unobstructed hallways & scrub rooms.
Operates operating room based sterilization equipment (i.e., steris, autoclaves).
Stocks all non-specialty areas including prep carts, scrub rooms, warmers, linen carts, holding area, turnover supplies, PPE storage, etc.
Performs a surgical hand scrub, maintains a sterile field & holds retractors on selected surgical procedures.
Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Other information:
Required: Read and speak conversational English.
Minimum Experience: six months
Desired:
Location: Danbury-24 Hospital Ave
Work Type: Full-Time
Standard Hours: 40.00
FTE: 1.000000
Work Schedule: Night 8
Work Shift: SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 10:30PM TO 7:00AM VARIABLE SHIFT WITH ROTATING WEEKEND CALL
Org Unit: 211
Department: Operating Room
Exempt: No
Grade: U2
Salary Range:
$16.0000 - $26.8267 Hourly
Education:
Essential:
- HS Graduate or Equivalent
Working conditions:
Essential:
Some manual skills / motor coord & finger dexterity
Significant occupational risk
Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force
Significant exposure to dirt, odor, noise, human waste, etc.
EOE, including disability/vets.
We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact Human Resources at 203-739-7330 (for reasonable accommodation requests only). Please provide all information requested to assure that you are considered for current or future opportunities.
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