Perioperative Support Specialist

Fairfax Hospital - Periop Support - Perioperative Support Specialist | Full Time: Evenings

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates responsibility for self-development and consistently exhibits role model and leadership behaviors. Acts as a resource and mentor to coworkers. Maintains and troubleshoots equipment in accordance with standard practices/guidelines.
• Collaborates in the development and implementation of an educational plan for identified needs.
• Facilitates the transferring/positioning of patients in the operating room in addition to assisting with patient surgical preparation as requested and directed by the nursing staff.
• Safely transports patients to and from the operating room. Participate in staff in-services and orientation to new products, equipment, instruments and processes.
• Keeps equipment clean, neatly arranged, in its proper location and ready for use. Places returned and new supplies/instruments in the correct locations.
• Assists with the gathering, installation, removal and cleaning of equipment while utilizing the operating room schedule and as directed by the nursing staff.
• Prepares the operating room for cases by opening sterile supplies/instruments and maintaining awareness of aseptic technique.
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team and keeps informed of unit initiatives to support unit quality improvement and patient safety goals.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Certification - Basic Life Support Upon Start
• Education - High School or GED

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 25,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare. 

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.