Nursing Assistant – Operating Room – Per Diem
Primary location: Morristown,NJ
Schedule: Per Diem
Type: Nursing
Shift: 5
Job ID: 2023-66955
Atlantic Health System is seeking Per Diem Nursing Assistants for the OR Support Staff Unit at Morristown Medical Center to work various shifts which include 11pm-7am, 7am-3pm, or 3pm-11pm, including every other weekend.
Essential Function/Responsibilities:
- Transports patients, supplies, specimens, blood and equipment as requested.
- Assists in lifting and/or transferring patients from stretcher/bed to OR table and vice versa.
- Assists in holding patient extremities for surgical preparations as directed.
- Ensures positioning devices and equipment are available in the appropriate rooms for cases.
- Properly handles surgical specimens, as directed.
- Performs turnover duties between cases in collaboration with the housekeeper. Cleans medical equipment between cases.
- Assists nursing team by opening sterile supplies, Demonstrates proper aseptic technique.
- Checks case carts for completeness. Obtains necessary equipment, sterile supplies, and positioning aids for scheduled cases.
- Assists with inventory counts and supply outdates, Restocks warmers and rotates fluids.
- Assists with restocking unused supplies in the OR supply room or returns to Central Sterile Department Checks, cleans, and restocks assigned service line storage areas.
- Participates in hospital safety programs, Supports and enforces infection-control policies and procedures.
- Maintains patient and medical staff confidentiality.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Managing the cleanliness around the Operation department and rooms where surgeries take place.
- Properly handles and disposes of sharps, biohazardous waste, regular trash and contaminated linens.
- Contributes to maximum efficiency of the surgical schedule by facilitating on-time case starts and efficient, timely turnovers.
- Demonstrates compliance with Code of Conduct and compliance policies, and takes action to resolve compliance questions or concerns and report suspected violations.
Minimum Education:
- High School Diploma or GED required.
Minimum Experience:
- 1-2 years Acute Care experience
Licenses/Certifications:
- BLS preferred.
- CNA preferred.
About US
ABOUT US
At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:
- Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
- Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
- Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
- Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
- Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
- Goryeb Children’s Hospital, Morristown, NJ
- CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
- Atlantic Home Care and Hospice
- Atlantic Mobile Health
- Atlantic Rehabilitation
We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of AllSpire Health Partners.
We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:
- 100 Best Companies to Work For ® and FORTUNE® magazine for 15 years
- Best Places to Work in Healthcare – Modern Healthcare
- 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare – Becker’s Healthcare
- 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know – Becker’s Hospital Review
- Best Employers for Workers over 50 – AARP
- Gold-Level “Well Workplace”: Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)
- One of the 100 Best Workplaces for “Millennials” Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine
- One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care: Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine
- Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets
- NJ Sustainable Business
Morristown Medical Center is a nationally-recognized leader in cardiology and heart surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, geriatrics, gastroenterology and GI surgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urology.
We are the only hospital in New Jersey named one of America’s ’50 Best Hospitals’ for six consecutive years by Healthgrades and one of the World’s Best Hospitals by Newsweek. We were included on Becker’s Healthcare 2020 list of “100 Great Hospitals in America”. In addition, Leapfrog recognized us with an “A” hospital safety grade – its highest – twelve consecutive times, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded us again with its highest five-start rating in 2020.
Morristown Medical Center is a Magnet Hospital for Excellence in Nursing Service, the highest level of recognition achievable from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for facilities that provide acute care services. Our nonprofit hospital was also designated a Level I Regional Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons and a Level II by the State of NJ.
EEO STATEMENT
Atlantic Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.
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