Surgical Aide

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• 11. Positions and/or aid in the positioning of patients for surgical or anesthesia procedures.

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• 12. Understands and maintains aseptic guidelines in all of Perioperative Services.

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• 13. Demonstrates age specific competency as per unit requirements.

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• 14. Consistently demonstrates the ability to adapt to change in work load and assignments.

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• 15. Completes assignments, by prioritizing appropriately, to provide consistent quality and quantity of work.

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• 16. Functions with awareness of risk management and safety issues and reports concerns appropriately.

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• 17. Attends staff meetings and/or reads staff meeting minutes, arranges for follow-up with OR Staff Development on questions or concerns.

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• 18. Follows all hospital policies/procedures.

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• 19. Maintains a complete understanding of the Arnot Health Emergency Procedures and roles pertinent to Fire Safety, Code Blue, Disaster and Hazard procedures.

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• 20. Develops/maintains effective working relationships with staff and other members of the health care team.

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• 21. Is responsible for attending all annual mandatory educational programs as required by position.

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• 22. Employee understands and demonstrates the importance of satisfying the needs of the customer/patient by interacting with him/her in a friendly and caring way, being attentive to the customer's needs, both psychologically and physically, and by taking the initiative to maintain communication with the customer in order to provide a secure and pleasant experience with the Arnot Health. Communicates and hands off report to next shift.

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• 23. It is understood that this lists typical duties for the classification and is not to be considered inclusive of all duties, which may be assigned. Some duties will be shift specific or as assigned for the smooth running and efficiency of the department.

Education

High school education or equivalent.

Experience

Prefer experience in a hospital setting.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (Cpr) requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 30 days of hire date.

Physical demands

• The physical demands described here represent those demands that must be met by any employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Physical effort required includes: lifting at waist level or below with assistance for patient handling accounts for 15% of the job. The amount to be lifted is variable, based on patient size and use of assistive devices and other staff members. Lifting for material handling above and below waist level accounts for 30% of the job. The amount to be lifted typically ranges from 35lbs to 50 lbs. Lifting of up to 100 lbs happens occasionally with lifting a soiled bag of linen. Bilateral carrying accounts for 15% of the job. Must be able to carry up to 35 lbs. Pushing accounts for 35% of the job. Must be able to push up to 16.8 lbs of force. Pulling for 5% of the job. Must be able to pull with up to 12.2 lbs of force. In accomplishing the above tasks, employees will also need to be able to perform frequent walking and/or standing (40% of the job), frequent trunk rotation, and bending (35-40% of the job), frequent reaching and handling (60% of the job). The physical elements here overlap with those noted above (e.g. standing and walking occurs while pushing and pulling), thus the percentages will not equal 100%.

Exposure category

Category I. Tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues.

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• A.D.A Essential Functions