OR Orderly/EVS - Full-Time - AVALA Hospital - RH347

Summary

Performs routine and terminal cleaning under supervision,including but not limited to: Mopping, dusting, sweeping, trash removal, windowcleaning, disinfecting patient rooms, cleaning laboratories, and interactingwith patient in a hospital environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

OPERATING ROOM AREA

• Transport patients to and from the operatingroom area. Ensure patient safety. Reports any patient complaints. Assist nursing with transferring patients toand from the operating room bed and moving heavy equipment.
• Assists in positioning patients forsurgery. Assists with positioning andholding patient extremities during prep.
• Transport specimens to the laboratory.
• Clean operating room suites and other restrictedareas. Terminally clean OR suites asassigned daily. Cleans vertical andhorizontal surfaces that collect dust. Cleans tops of windows, doorframes, TV'sand other high places, using ladder when necessary. Dusts, cleans and polishes furnitureincluding beds.
• Re-stock supplies, linens and fill the blanketwarmers in the sterile core as needed. Washes sinks and other plumbing fixtures and replaces supplies, such aspaper towels, soaps and toilet paper as needed. Polishes metal or other bright surfaces, cleaning glass and enamelfixtures with proper cleaning chemicals.
• Clean stretchers and beds and replacesheets. Maintain equipment storagerooms. Perform individual daily extraassignments as assigned.
• Assists in maintaining the cleanliness ofequipment.
• Dispose all linen and trash in the appropriatemanner. Empty and replace sharpscontainers in all rooms.
• Mop floors in all areas on a daily basis. Checkand restock mop heads several times a day.

Terminallycleans:

• Machines after each case
• Tables after each case
• Stools after each case
• Equipment (i.e. lights, orbiters, etc.)
• Doors
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned bydirector/charge nurse.
• Video monitoring may be additional responsibility.

Core Competencies

ActionOrientation - Targets and achieves results, overcomes obstacles, acceptsresponsibility, establishes standards and responsibilities, creates aresults-oriented environment, and follows through on actions.

Communications - Communicates well both verbally and in writing. Effectively conveys andshares information and ideas with others. Listens carefully and understandsvarious viewpoints. Presents ideas clearly and concisely and understandsrelevant detail in presented information.

Creativity/Innovation - Generates novel ideas and develops or improves existing and new systems thatchallenge the status quo, takes risks, and encourages innovation.

CriticalJudgment - Possesses the ability to define issues and focus on achievingworkable solutions. Consistently does the right thing by performing withreliability.

CustomerOrientation - Listens to customers, builds customer confidence, increasescustomer satisfaction, ensures commitments are met, sets appropriate customerexpectations, and responds to customer needs.

InterpersonalSkills - Effectively and productively engages with others and establishestrust, credibility, and confidence with others.

Leadership - Motivates, empowers, inspires, collaborates with, and encourages others.Builds consensus when appropriate. Focuses team members on common goals.

Teamwork - Knows when and how to attract, develop, reward, and utilize teams to optimizeresults. Acts to build trust, inspire enthusiasm, encourage others, and helpresolve conflicts and develop consensus in creating high-performance teams.

Professional Requirements

• Meets dress code standards and adheres topolicies.
• Completes required education requirements.
• Maintains regulatory requirements.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Reports to work on time and as scheduled,completes work within designated time.
• Wears identification while on duty, usescomputerized punch time system correctly.
• Completes in-services and returns in a timelyfashion.
• Attends department in-services, as scheduled.
• Attends staff meetings or reads and returns allmonthly staff meeting minutes.
• Represents the organization in a positive andprofessional manner.
• Actively participates in performance improvementand continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
• Complies with all organizational policiesregarding ethical business practices.
• Communicates the mission, ethics and goals ofthe hospital, as well as the focus statement of the department.
• Promotes professional growth of subordinates bysharing knowledge and/or directing them to sources if information appropriateto given situation. Utilizes journals, books, etc. to learn and/or improve newtechniques and equipment.
• Assists other staff members in performing anyduty that enhances the delivery of patient care.

Regulatory Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.

Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively in English,both verbally and in writing.
• Basiccomputer knowledge.

Physical Demands

The physicaldemands described here are representative of those that must be met by anemployee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Whileperforming the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see,talk, hear and use both hands to easily communicate. This position is veryactive and requires repetitive motions, carrying, pushing, pulling, standing,walking, bending, kneeling, squatting and stooping all day. The employee mustfrequently lift or move items weighing up to and over 100 pounds (withassistance).

Environmental Conditions

Primarilyworks inside, may experience the following hazards: biological, needles andsharps, radiation, stress, noise, vibration, dust, fumes, and occasionaltemperature extremes.

Occupational Exposure

Job involves tasks or procedures that haveexposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials during theperformance of duties.

Please note this job description is not designedto cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties orresponsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties,responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.