Periop Support Tech Outpatient Endoscopy

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health brings together two award-winning health systems in Washington state  CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason. As one integrated health system with the most patient access points in western Washington, our team includes 18,000 staff and nearly 5,000 employed physicians and affiliated providers. At Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, you will find the safest and highest quality of care provided by our expert, compassionate medical care team at 11 hospitals and nearly 300 sites throughout the greater Puget Sound region.  While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, annual bonus eligibility, and more!

Performs a range of self-directed support activities that contribute to the overall efficiency of the perioperative area(s).
Work involves inventorying, disassembling, cleaning, reassembling, and maintaining operating room equipment. Assisting
in maintaining a clean, sanitary, orderly OR environment, and transporting patients as required.
An incumbent is required to understand and apply Standard Precaution guidelines and other safety/security standards to
all work activities.

Responsibilities include:

• Reads procedure schedule,
  anticipates needs and sets-up procedure room with required supplies and equipment, for respective case(s).
  • Checks inventory, disassembles, cleans, reassembles, and maintains supplies and equipment.
  • Checks dates and sterility of supplies.
• Assists in maintaining a clean, sanitary and orderly procedural environment.
  • Checks procedure rooms for adequate furniture, supplies and equipment, restocking as necessary; removes excess
    equipment and returns to appropriate location; may assist in monitoring pre- and/or post-procedural areas for
    cleanliness.
  • Performs turnover duties in the procedure room between case room cleaning and in admit / recovery between patients; may take trash/linen to the appropriate utility room.
  • Transports blood or specimens to/from perioperative area and laboratory as needed.
  • Checks daily portable oxygen tanks used during transport and replaces if necessary.
  • Assures storage of unused oxygen tanks in appropriate storage area.
  • Prepares linen packets and procedure beds; empties refuse containers and dispose in soiled utility room; maintains
    cleaning logs to ensure scheduled duties are performed in a timely manner.
• Occasionally assists with patients, to include transporting and assisting with lifting, turning, positioning and preparing
  patients for procedures.
  • Uses proper body mechanics appropriate to repetitive relief measures and static posture relief measures.
  • Transports non-monitored patients to and from nursing units and ancillary departments in a manner conductive to patient safety and comfort.
  • Reports significant changes in the condition of the patient to appropriate party in accordance with internal procedural guidelines.
  • Promptly communicates emergency conditions and initiates BLS if necessary.

Education/Work Experience Requirements:

• One year of related work experience in an acute care hospital that demonstrates attainment of the requisite job
  knowledge skills/abilities.
• Post-high school training specific to health care (i.e., central processing, health care assistant) preferred. Work
  experience in perioperative or as a military medic/corpsman is preferred.

Licensure/Certification:

• Current healthcare provider BLS Certification.

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