Perioperative Care Specialist

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• 1. High School diploma or equivalent.
• 2. Obtain certification in Basic Life Support or Heart Saver First Aid within 30 days of hire date.

To be completed as established by department: (Administered at Department level)

• 1. Successful completion of departmental clinical support or PCS orientation.

• Experience:
• 1. Prior patient care experience.
• 2. CNA or MA experience.

• 1. Utilizes appropriate aseptic technique to open sterile supplies for patient use or for sterile field; performs shave preps; and holds extremities during surgical or procedural preps. Cleans and prepared work area for next patient and shift.
• 2. Transports patients to and from various areas. Cleans transport devices. Assists with patient transfers and positioning.
• 3. Retrieves/cleans patient care equipment. Runs errands as directed in timely manner.
• 4. Reviews stocking lists, preference cards, and supply carts to ensure/acquire supplies, instruments, and equipment are available for patient care use. Assists in the maintenance of inventory control system.
• 5. Maintains effective inventory control system including the daily stocking, checks for outdates (includes removal, discard, or reprocessing following established guidelines), and monitoring of level of supplies (i.e., case cart, trauma cart, suture packs) on supply/specialty carts/rooms. Places or returns supplies, instrumentation, and equipment to designated storage locations. Places unused sterile instrumentation and soft goods back in the appropriate location when being returned from Perioperative Services, HVI, or Children's Hospital.
• 6. Assists in maintaining a clean, sanitary, and safe work environment in procedural areas and SPD through the maintenance of egress corridors by monitoring halls keeping them free of extra equipment allowing for easy equipment transportation; organization and cleaning of work areas, storerooms, patient bays, computers, and monitors; performance of post-case /post-care cleaning following established policies; performance of terminal and isolation cleaning if necessary including the daily/weekly cleaning of mobile fluid-waste equipment;
  
  cleaning/stocking of scrub sinks/housekeeping carts; weekly warmer cleaning with logged documentation; and cleaning of autoclaves as assigned.
• 7. Processes instruments/scopes when requested as the need arises. Prepares various cleaning solutions used in the decontamination of instruments, equipment, and rooms. Operates processing and cleaning equipment (i.e., washer/sterilizer or immediate use sterilizer known as IUS, and various other cleaning apparatus in OR, Sterile Processing, and other designated areas following established policies. Documents in designated log books completion of cleaning tasks.
• 8. Wraps instruments and supplies for sterilization labeling appropriately with color appropriate labels. May be assigned the task of preparing/processing OR linen and sterile packs.
• 9. Documents appropriately to foster the work of the department. Duties can include the obtainment and recording of patient weight, temperature, pulse, respirations, BP, intakes/outputs, and abdominal girths as directed by the nursing staff.
• 10. Transports specimens and records specimen delivery to lab or in designated log books. Add fixative to specimens when needed.
• 11. Provides respiratory support by properly setting up equipment needed for oxygen administration including the changing of tank regulators and checking of tank volumes.
• 12. Follows all departmental policies and procedures including the reporting of equipment/room repairs to appropriate persons in a timely manner. Performs tagging of equipment and putting in Biomed ticket for repair.
• 13. Assists in routine unit operations as directed/needed to ensure smooth communication and functioning of the unit. Relays accurate telephone, visitor, patient, and healthcare provider messages to appropriate persons in a timely manner.
• 14. Transports linens, trash, and biohazardous case carts/materials according to established policies wearing PPE and ensuring correct signage is in place prior to transport.
• 15. Assists with room or bay set-up. May monitor sterile field set-up when directed by registered nurse.
• 16. Assists team by performing tasks such as answering telephone and minor clerical duties in designated area.
• 17. Transports non-narcotic medications when directed by registered nurse. PCS may transport patient with a PCA/Epidural pump.
• 18. Cleans autoclaves in Sterile Processing and Operating Room/Procedural Areas. Cleans and organizes Sterile Processing areas as assigned. Cleans washers, cart washer, dryers, shelving, and other equipment as assigned in accordance with…