The salary range for this position is CAD $28.91 - $28.91 / hour
Job Summary
Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.
Our team of 45,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care. Learn more.
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We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.
Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.
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Detailed Overview
Reporting to the Manager, Health Services, the Eye Center Aide assists the surgical team by performing such duties as picking and distributing OR instrument sets, supplies and equipment for opthalmology cases according to established procedures; assisting the operative team with preparation of surgical setup, take down and transfer of instruments to SPD; transporting patients from the operating room to the recovery room and maintaining implant records.
Responsibilities
- Reviews OR slates and identifies opthamology cases for next day. Picks and distributes OR instrument sets, supplies and equipment for opthamology cases according to established procedures.
- Assists with room set-up by removing dirty case carts and replacing with clean sterile case carts. Re-assembles supplies and instrument trays on sterile case carts. Maintains and restocks sterile case carts. Transfers instrumentation to Sterile Processing Department according to established procedures.
- Assists the surgical team in post operative transport of patients from the operating room to the recovery room.
- Collects patient charts from pre-admission and delivers to anesthesia room.
- Documents and maintains patient specific information regarding eye implants in eye centre inventory control records.
- Monitors usage of medical/surgical supplies and instrumentation including sutures, lens injectors, needles, packs and water stocks usage and re-stocks supplies according to established procedures.
- Restocks linen carts for eye centre by obtaining supplies from surgical services linen cart.
- Locates equipment required by the unit and maintains storage areas.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
Grade 12, successful completion of Sterile Supply Processing course, plus one year's recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Skills and Abilities
- Knowledger of surgical and medical terminology.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to deal with others effectively.
- Ability to organize work.
- Ability to operate related equipment.
- Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
About Fraser Health
Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
Together, we are the heart of health care.
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