Surgical Cleaning Technician

Description Summary

Provides comprehensive cleaning in the surgical environment. Performs a variety of cleaning tasks, transferring patients fromoperatingroom table to stretcher, and transporting of patients to and from thesurgerycenter.

• Promotes the mission, vision, and core values of the Chickasaw Nation
• Acts as a patient advocate and maintains patient confidentiality at all times
• Treats patients, visitors, and staff courteously and professionally
• Treats all customers, vendors, and other employees of CNDH with respect and maintains a cooperative attitude to facilitate quality patient care
• Adheres to Chickasaw Nation Department of Health safety practices, policies and procedures, department specific practices, and practices based upon industry standards/requirements according to AORN, OSHA, CDC, and FDA
• Demonstrates appropriate problem solving and communication skills
• Demonstrates the ability to multitask in a professional manner and positive attitude under all circumstances
• Demonstrates good telephone etiquette skills
• Provides a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors by the reduction and control of environmental hazards and risks, and the prevention of accidents and injuries
• Demonstrates effective communication, consultation, negotiation, collaboration, and conflict resolution skills/techniques with members of the perioperative team, as well as other departments and disciplines
• Serves as a positive promoter of change and growth within the surgery center, while serving as a role model of professional behavior
• Transports patients via stretcher, patient bed, and or wheelchair to and from areas of CNDH
• Operating Room:
  Replaces sharps containers as needed, empties trash/biohazard bucket/linen,cleansand disinfects all horizontalsurfacesperstandards after each surgical procedure, including the surgical table,OR lights,all steel tables/mayo stands/ring stands, anesthesia machine, boom and all equipment on the boom, step stools, rolling chairs, counters, trash cans, floor,etc. and replaces linen/trash/biohazard containers and dresses the surgical table with clean linen
• Assists operating room staff with transferring patients from the surgical table to the OR stretcher or patient bed
• Assists operating room staff with positioning patients on an as needed basis
• Ensures DS/IP procedures have the assigned hospital bed outside the OR suite at time to be transferred at completion of procedure
• Ensures IP procedure beds are clean and tidy before the patient is put back on the bed after the procedure
• Day Surgery/Recovery Room:
  
  Assists PACU nurses with getting ice chips/water for patients as needed,assists patients to and from restroom,assists patients with dressing upon discharge as needed,cleansand disinfects PACU bays/OR gurneys/wheelchairs according to above standards after each patient use and keepstrashemptyand linen hampers as needed, followed by replacing the liners
• Transports patients via wheelchair to private vehicle upon discharge
• Assists PACU nurse with transporting patients via patient bed to acute care/OB/ICU upon discharge
• Provides first class customer service to both internal and external customers and responds to inquiries, compliments, and/or complaints with professionalism, courtesy, and efficiency
• Completes all training and development requirements and participates in continuing education opportunities
• Works in a collaborative and supportive manner to support the productivity and safety of the work area, team members and customers of all types
• Maintains a clean, organized work area and ensures a safe environment
• Maintains and promotes professionalism
• Punctual and consistent in meeting start time, work schedule, attendance and other assigned work time metrics
• Adheres to Chickasaw Nation…