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About this Operating Room Assistant - Transporter role at Southern Illinois Healthcare

Southern Illinois Healthcare · Onsite · Memorial Hospital of Carbondale

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Position Summary

  • Provides essential support to the perioperative team by facilitating patient transport, assisting with operating room preparation and turnover, maintaining a clean and safe surgical environment, and supporting efficient workflow through supply management and coordination with ancillary departments.

Principal Accountabilities

  • Standards of Performance: Respect, Integrity, Compassion, Collaboration, Stewardship, Accountability, Quality

Education

  • High School diploma or equivalent

Licenses and Certification

  • N/A

Experience and Skills

  • Technical Experience: N/A

Physical Activities

  • Intermittent hand manipulation required
  • Intermittent lifting and carrying of 50 pounds

Role Specific Responsibilities

  • Greets, escorts, and transports patients and visitors to and from surgical areas in a courteous and professional manner.
  • Assists surgical staff with operating room turnover, including room preparation between cases.
  • Performs damp dusting in operating rooms prior to the start of scheduled procedures to support infection prevention standards.
  • Cleans surgical rooms, including changing linens on inpatient beds as needed.
  • Assists with pulling surgical instruments for cases and preparing operating rooms for upcoming procedures or the following day.
  • Handles and transports surgical specimens to the laboratory in accordance with established protocols.
  • Monitors portable oxygen tanks and replace empty tanks as necessary.
  • Promotes cost‑effective practices through appropriate use of supplies, returning equipment to designated locations, reshelving unused supplies, and reporting equipment malfunctions.
  • Assists with the retrieval of blood products from the Blood Bank following established procedures.
  • Removes trash from surgical areas and communicates effectively with Sterile Processing and Environmental Services (EVS).
  • Stocks and refills blanket warmers each morning, mid‑day, and prior to the end of shift.
  • Assists EVS with cleaning the Operating Room Core, including wiping down sinks, mopping floors, removing trash, and cleaning unused equipment.
  • Removes and transports empty boxes to designated disposal areas.
  • Performs daily stocking of inner core supplies and fluid warmers to ensure case readiness.

Compensation (Commensurate with experience):

$17.37

To

$26.06

To access our Benefits Guide/Plan Information, please click the link below:

http://www.sih.net/careers/benefits

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About Southern Illinois Healthcare

At Southern Illinois Healthcare, we realize that in order to provide our surrounding communities with excellent care, we must begin by providing our employees with that same care and appreciation. We offer rich opportunities to develop and grow professionally, an environment of excellence in patient care, and the awareness that everything we accomplish is a direct outgrowth of the superb efforts and dedication of our employees. Working to put the right people, exhibiting the right attitude and behaviors, in the right roles is not just a goal, but a priority of Southern Illinois Healthcare. For the health of you and our patients, SIH and SIH Medical Group campuses are tobacco free. For questi

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