Perioperative Support Technician - Post Anesthesia Care Unit at New London Hospital – New London, New Hampshire

• Performs environmental cleaning processes for all Perioperative areas including procedural and non-procedural spaces, restricted and semi-restricted spaces and all equipment contained therein.
• Removes clean, unneeded equipment from PACU/OR and ensures trash and contaminated linens and instruments are properly handled and sent to appropriate destination.
• Handles blood, tissue, bodily fluids, recyclables and other materials safely.
• Learns to perform “terminal cleaning”, an intensive cleaning process, ensuring that MOR spaces are free of infectious materials that cause hospital-acquired infections (HAC’s).
• Performs rapid room turnovers using standards of OR sanitation and/or terminal cleaning and helps to prepare OR after room turnover.
• Helps to clean and maintain other areas of OR/PACU on a regularly scheduled basis.
• Reports all faulty equipment to supervisor.
• Learns to inventory and obtains supplies and equipment needed for safe and efficient patient care.
• Under the direction of the primary nurse, will assist patient prior to surgery with preparation.
• Will provide post-surgical nutrition and patient transport outside of the department.

COMPENSATION:

Minimum pay: $18.25

Maximum pay: $26.96