Surgical Support Aide
Core
Provides basic indirect patient care and logistical support in a large multispecialty quaternary operating room.
Role type
Surgical Support Aide
Builds
Safe, efficient surgical care environment and patient transport logistics
Domain
Healthcare / Operating Room
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Patient lifting and positioning, sterile supply handling, equipment cleaning and decontamination, gas tank management, emergency cart retrieval, infection control compliance
Preferred skills
Nursing Assistant certification, Central Processing experience, case cart experience
Technologies
High flow suction devices, crash carts, Lucas airway devices, oxygen/argon/helium/nitrous oxide/carbon dioxide tanks
Responsibilities
Gathers and delivers supplies, instruments, and equipment for individual cases; Assists in lifting, positioning, and transferring patients under RN supervision; Cleans and decontaminates procedure rooms, furniture, and equipment after cases; Handles sterile supplies and verifies integrity of sterile packs; Delivers blood products, lab specimens, and medications; Retrieves emergency case carts during critical situations; Transports patients between inpatient units and Pre-Operative Care Center.