Perioperative Support Specialist 1

Perioperative Support Specialist

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital is looking for a dedicated Perioperative Support Specialist to join the team! This role will be full-time day shift: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:30pm.

Inova is consistently ranked as 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 Job Responsibilities:

• Assists with the gathering, installation, removal, and cleaning of equipment while utilizing the operating room schedule to anticipate requests.
• Gathers and packs instruments and sterile supplies for scheduled and added cases to provide efficient procedure set up of surgical cases.
• Completes case preparation for all emergency, add-on, and scheduled cases as evidenced by the presence of a completed case cart.
• Independently accesses the OR computer system, correctly selects the preference card(s) and prints as needed as evidenced by lack of assistance needed during the process.
• Places returned and new supplies and instruments in the correct location as evidenced by their proper placement.
• Monitors supply levels and obtains needed supplies or reports deficiencies to Perioperative Support Supervisor as evidenced by the lack of unreported missing items.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum Education: High School diploma or GED equivalent.
• Years of Experience: One year of experience in healthcare setting or inventory/equipment management.
• Certification: Basic Life Support via AHA within 3 months.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Inventory/equipment management.