Job Summary
We are seeking a dedicated Surgical Support Aide to join our healthcare team, providing essential assistance in surgical and patient care environments. This role involves supporting surgical teams, ensuring patient safety, and facilitating smooth operational workflows within hospital or community care settings. The ideal candidate will possess a strong commitment to patient safety, demonstrate excellent manual handling skills, and have experience working in hospital or community health environments. This position offers an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to patient outcomes through compassionate support and adherence to safety protocols.
Responsibilities:
- Assisting with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrests or other life-threatening events.
- Covering patients with surgical drapes to ensure and maintain a sterile operating field, removing patients' body hair, and disinfecting the incision site.
- Determining the availability and inspecting sterile and non-sterile surgical equipment, tools, and supplies.
- Adjusting and maintaining the operating room temperature, humidity, and lighting according to the Surgeon's specifications.
- Applying sutures, staples, clips, and drainage systems and clamping, or cauterizing blood vessels to control bleeding.
- Assisting with the positioning of patients' bodies to protect against nerve damage or circulation impairment and assessing the patients' body conditions after surgery.
- Maintaining an unobstructed operating field with surgical retractors, sponges, and suctioning and irrigating equipment.
- Monitoring patients' positions, vital signs, and volume and color of blood during operations.
MUST HAVE:
- 1 full year of customer service experience required
- MUST HAVE BLS cert & a HS diploma/GED
Benefits: Completion Bonus, Relocation assistance discussed at interview
Shift Timings : Days & Night 8 hours
HC1
Pay: $13.00 - $15.00 per hour
Experience:
- Customer service: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- BLS Certification (Required)
- HS diploma/GED (Required)
Work Location: In person
