Perioperative Assistant

At TriHealth, our Perioperative Assistants play a vital role in creating a safe, efficient, and compassionate surgical environment. When you join our perioperative team, you're not just starting a job you're becoming part of a mission-driven health system that puts people first: our patients, our community, and you.

Location: Good Samaritan Hospital

Schedule: Full time second shift

Incentives & Benefits:

We offer competitive shift differentials, opportunities for professional growth, and a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement savings plans, and tuition reimbursement.

*PRN positions not eligible for TriHealth benefits

Minimum Job Requirements:

• High School Degree or GED
• Familiar with basic sterile technique in order to function within a sterile environment
• 1-2 years experience
• Hospital experience or exposure to patients in other health care settings

Job Overview:

The Perioperative Assistant for the Operating Room reports to the Chief Surgical Asistant - GSH, Nurse Manager. The perioperative Assistant for the Sameday Surgery/PACU reports to the Nursing Manager. The perioperative Assistant for all areas is supervised by the cheif surgical assistant, nursing manager, and charge nurse. The perioperative assistant performs assigned duties related to providing assistance as a team member within the assigned perioperative department to anesthesia or nursing staff.

Job Responsibilities:

• Safely and promptly transports patients using stretchers, beds, and wheelchairs.
• Performs supply, equipment, and environmental tasks, including stocking, maintaining PAR levels, completing quality checks, and reporting issues or equipment malfunctions.
• Maintains a safe and clean environment by following infection control policies, reporting hazards, and assisting housekeeping with room preparation.
• Supports patient flow by completing clerical tasks, communicating patient information, and updating the RN on completed duties.
• Assists with positioning, prepping, and discharging patients under RN direction while performing tasks within trained competency.
• In Same Day Surgery, assists with dressing/undressing, lifting/turning, clipping patients, obtaining vital signs and EKGs, performing accuchecks, documenting in the EMR, toileting, and escorting patients to their vehicle.

Working Conditions:

Climbing - Occasionally

Concentrating - Frequently

Continuous Learning - Consistently

Hearing: Conversation - Consistently

Hearing: Other Sounds - Frequently

Interpersonal Communication - Consistently

Kneeling - Occasionally

Lifting