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Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class patient care at its best. Located in sunny Florida's Treasure Coast, Indian River Hospital is committed to providing optimal family- and community-focused services. Here, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work with state-of-the-art technology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

The Department of General and Specialized Surgery evaluates and treats common and complex conditions affecting the abdomen, gastrointestinal system and breasts. Our experienced caregivers are skilled in minimally invasive methods, including robotic-assisted and laparoscopic surgeries. When you join this team as an OR Service Assistant, you will assist in various supportive tasks, such as transporting patients, gloving surgeons, opening sterile supplies and holding retractors during procedures. This role is critical to the OR - without your help, surgery would not be possible.

A caregiver in this position works days from 6:30AM - 2:30PM, with 24-hour on-call weekend requirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

+ Assist in transporting patients, room turnover and setting up the Operating Room.

+ Maintain and operate special equipment and surgical sets and ensure proper sterile conditions.

+ Coordinate equipment and supplies for service-specific surgical cases.

+ Monitor and track the loaning/lending of supplies and equipment and ensure the availability and functionality of equipment and supplies for their services.

+ Scrub in and provide limited assistance to surgeons, such as holding limbs, holding retractors, suctioning and sponging wounds.

+ Clean used instruments after surgery.

+ Maintain surgical sterility throughout procedures.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

+ High School Diploma or GED

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)

+ Understanding of surgical workflows, surgical terminology and physician preferences

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

+ Sterile Processing Certification or Operating Room Technician (ORT) Certification

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Physical Requirements:

+ Requires full range of body motion to include handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.

+ Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.

+ Frequently lifts and carries items weighing up to 25 pounds ad ability to push, pull, and navigate supply carts weighing up to 200 pounds.

+ Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.

Personal Protective Equipment:

+ Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

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