Nursing Assistant, Full Time, Days 7a-3p, Operating Room, Morristown Medical Center

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Responsible for supporting the perioperative surgical team in providing high quality patient care. Assists with turnover of rooms, equipment cleaning and preparation of surgical suite for surgical procedures.  Provides our patients skilled and excellent care by maintaining a safe and clean environment, implementing best practice in task accomplishment.    
Responsibilities    
    
Transports patients, supplies, specimens, blood and equipment as requested.    
Assists in lifting and/or transferring patients from stretcher/bed to OR table and vice versa.    
Assists in holding patient extremities for surgical preparations as directed.    
Ensures positioning devices and equipment are available in the appropriate rooms for cases.    
Properly handles surgical specimens, as directed.    
Performs turnover duties between cases in collaboration with the housekeeper. Cleans medical equipment between cases.    
Assists nursing team by opening sterile supplies, Demonstrates proper aseptic technique.    
Checks case carts for completeness. Obtains necessary equipment, sterile supplies, and positioning aids for scheduled cases.    
Assists with inventory counts and supply outdates, restocks warmers and rotates fluids.    
Assists with restocking unused supplies in the OR supply room or returns to Central Sterile Department Checks, cleans, and restocks assigned service line storage areas.    
Participates in hospital safety programs, Supports and enforces infection-control policies and procedures.    
Maintains patient and medical staff confidentiality.    
Other duties as assigned.    
Managing the cleanliness around the operation department and rooms where surgeries take place.     
Properly handles and disposes of sharps, biohazardous waste, regular trash and contaminated linens.    
Contributes to maximum efficiency of the surgical schedule by facilitating on-time case starts and efficient, timely turnovers.    
Demonstrates compliance with Code of Conduct and compliance policies and takes action to resolve compliance questions or concerns and report suspected violations.    
 

Minimum Education:    
    
High School Diploma or GED required.    

Minimum Experience:    
    
Prior experience in a perioperative setting

Licenses/Certifications:    
    
BLS required    
CNA preferred   

ABOUT US

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is;  Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of AllSpire Health Partners.

We have received awards and recognition for  the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• 100 Best Companies to Work For ® and FORTUNE® magazine for 15 years 
• Best Places to Work in Healthcare - Modern Healthcare
• 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare - Becker's Healthcare
• 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know - Becker's Hospital Review
• Best Employers for Workers over 50 - AARP
• Gold-Level "Well Workplace": Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)
• One of the 100 Best Workplaces for “Millennials” Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine
• One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care: Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine
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