Mt Vernon Hospital - Perioperative Support | Perioperative Support Specialist 2 | Full Time: Monday – Friday Full-Time Days 6am to 230pm or 630am to 3pm

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program. Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day. Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans. Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost. Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

Perioperative Support Specialist 2 Responsibilities

Facilitates the transferring/positioning of patients in the operating room in addition to assisting with patient surgical preparation as requested and directed by the nursing staff. Prepares the operating room for cases by opening sterile supplies/instruments and maintaining awareness of aseptic technique. Reads and understands the OR schedule and preference cards to prepare for the next surgical encounter. Retrieves and delivers requested supplies and instruments to Operating Rooms to minimize the circulating nurse's time out of the room. Gathers and packs instruments and sterile supplies for scheduled and added cases to provide efficient procedure set up of surgical cases. Checks and validates case carts. Sets up rooms for the next day with standard equipment. Changes/Replaces tanks. Takes specimens and cultures to lab as needed. Maintains Temperature Logs. Submits tickets to Engineering to ensure a safe environment of care for our patients and team members. Supports additional projects or duties as assigned.

Perioperative Support Specialist 2 Requirements:

Certification - Basic Life Support Upon Start  Experience - 2 Healthcare/Hospitality Recent Hospital experience and/or previous surgical services experience. Education - High School or GED KSAs  Communication / Critical Thinking Communicate effectively and work cooperatively with others.  Ability to deal with multiple tasks in a rapidly changing environment.