Job Description OR Cleaning and Supply Staff 2000 signing on bonus - 2107276 **Primary Location**

: TN-Nashville-Vanderbilt Hospital (VUH) **Description**

**Perioperative Support Tech:** VUMC is currently offering a $2,000 sign-on bonus for eligible candidates for this position **Job Summary:** The Perioperative Support Tech assists the patient care manager with the coordination of the daily patient surgical schedule in conjunction with the charge nurse, physician, and staff nurse with regular guidance. Ensures instrumentation and supplies are verified according to preference cards and added to case cart prior to entry into operating room. Ensures the appropriate specialty equipment is available and placed in each operating room prior to the scheduled procedure. Delivers sterile supplies and equipment to the Operating Room. Cleans operating rooms after surgeries.

**Department Summary:**

As the Perioperative Support Services Department at Vanderbilt Medical Center, we are dedicated to maintaining a healthy and clean environment for our patients and family members. We have a very diverse department with team members who engage the environment of Vanderbilt. We sustain a high standard of support for our clinical staff as well as our patients. The Perioperative Support Services Team is responsible for ensuring that the hospital environment is patient ready, our safety standards are in position, and our team is full of employees who are always willing to help!

**Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:**

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. **Vanderbilts** mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

**VUMC Recent Accomplishments**

Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:

* **US News & World Report:** #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Childrens Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Childrens Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.

* **Healthcares Most Wired:** Among the nations 100 most-wired hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.

* **Beckers Hospital Review:** named as one of the 100 Great Hospitals in America, in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.

* **The Leapfrog Group:** One of only 10 childrens hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.

* **American Association for the Advancement of Science:** The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows

* **Magnet Recognition Program:** Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.

* **National Academy of Medicine:** 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement

* **Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.**

**Additional Responsibilities:**

* Responds to emergency calls or requests for cleaning services.

* Assists in preparing the room for procedures to meet special equipment needs.

* Performs instrument sterilization for specialized instrument; turnovers utilizing principles of outlined by AAMI standards.

* Use proper AAMI/JACHO guidelines

* Maintain hospital floor care through our floor care program

* Complete the 9 Steps of Cleaning Process

* Responsible for retrieving equipment

* Blood pickup from blood unit

* Communicate with each other and the dispatcher

* The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

**Basic Qualifications**

**Position Qualifications:**

* High School Diploma or GED (or equivalent experience) and less than 1 year relevant experience required

**Physical Requirements/Strengths needed & Physical Demands**

* Heavy Work category requiring exertion of 50 to 100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 20 to 50 lbs. of force frequently and/or up to 10 to 20 lbs. of force continually to move objects.

**Movement**

* Occasional: Sitting: Remaining in seated position

* Occasional: Lifting over 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects from one level to another, includes upward pulling over 35 lbs, with help of coworkers or assistive device

* Occasional: Climbing: Ascending or descending stairs/ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.

* Occasional: Kneeling:Bending legs at knees to come to rest on knee or knees.

* Occasional: Crouching/Squatting: Bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.

* Occasional: Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.

* Occasional: Fingering: Picking, pinching, gripping, working primarily with fingers requiring fine manipulation.

* Frequent: Standing: Remaining on one's feet without moving.

* Frequent: Lifting under 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects under 35 lbs from one level to another

* Frequent: Carrying under 35 lbs: Transporting an object holding in hands, arms or shoulders, with help of coworkers or assistive device.

* Frequent: Push/Pull: Exerting force to move objects away from or toward.

* Frequent: Bending/Stooping: Trunk bending downward and forward by bending spine at waist requiring full use of lower extremities and back muscles

* Frequent: Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching or maneuvering self, patient and equipment simultaneously while working in large and small spaces

* Frequent: Bimanual Dexterity: Requiring the use of both hands.

* Continuous: Walking: Moving about on foot.

* Continuous: Reaching below shoulders: Extending arms in any direction below shoulders.

* Continuous: Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hand or hands.

**Sensory**

* Frequent: Communication: Expressing or exchanging written/verbal/electronic information.

* Continuous: Auditory: Perceiving the variances of sounds, tones and pitches and able to focus on single source of auditory information

* Continuous: Vision: Clarity of near vision at 20 inches or less and far vision at 20 feet or more with depth perception, peripheral vision, color vision.

* Continuous: Smell: Ability to detect and identify odors.

**Environmental Conditions**

* Occasional: Chemicals and Gasses: Medications, cleaning chemicals, oxygen, other medical gases used in work area.

* Occasional: Pathogens: Risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other contagious illnesses.