Surgical Care Assistant Job at Westchester Medical Center in Ossining

Job Summary: Assists with the delivery of patient care in accordance with established methods and procedures, under the supervision and guidance of the RN and Clinical Operations Director. Patient care includes care to patients in the following age groups: neonatal (birth to stabilization), pediatric (infant to 12 years), adolescent (13 to 17 years), adult (18 to 64 years), and geriatric (over 64 years).Responsibilities: Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties: Check Operating Rooms to ensure proper furniture/equipment for case, prepare the correct surgical bed with linens, retrieve missing equipment prior to and during procedures if needed, assist with placement and hook – up of OR equipment. Connect electrical equipment to outlets with guidance from surgical team and assist with moving equipment to sterile field as needed. Replaces empty nitrogen tanks (for drills), CO2 tanks on video towers, argon tanks on ABC and making sure that there are back-up tanks available. Check OR electrical beds prior to patient arrival in to the room and troubleshoot any issues. Help to transport patients to the OR from the nursing units and PAR area as needed. Assist surgical team with transferring patient to OR bed prior to the procedure, assisting surgical team with patient positioning and ensuring safety strap is available and applied. Post procedure, ensures stretcher or bed is available and assists with transfer of patient from OR bed. Understands and follows universal protocol and parameters of the sterile field and traffic flow of the OR.Assists circulating nurse as needed. Transports specimens and blood to lab/pathology as needed. Keeps scrub sinks cleaned and stocked, stocks/re-stocks Operating Rooms as needed. Returns equipment and supplies to appropriate area after procedure. Keeps corridors surrounding the Operating Room clean and free of clutter. Ensures exits and fire extinguishers are not blocked. Reports and tags any equipment that is out of order and notifies supervisor, with the knowledge of procedure to place the equipment out of order. Reports any unusual situations, reactions or conditions to supervisor. Routinely performs necessary housekeeping independently within assigned area of department. Assists with room turnover. Cleans all flat surfaces in the OR, mop floors, delivers trash to appropriate area. Assists with transport of patient to recovery area or nursing unit as needed. Other duties as assigned. Gives thorough report to next shift regarding status of ongoing cases and rooms.