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Location: Carbondale, IL

Shift: Days

Time Type: Full-Time

Facility/Clinic Name: Memorial Hospital of Carbondale

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):

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