Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. For 2021-2022, U.S. News and World Report ranked Duke University Hospital nationally in 11 adult specialties: cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ear, nose & throat, gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, neurology & neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung surgery, and urology. Duke University Hospital is also ranked first in North Carolina and first in the Raleigh-Durham area.

In addition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive, geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty clinics and outpatient surgery centers.

Occ Summary

Perform a variety of manual duties associated with cleaning, servicing and delivering in assigned areas.

Work Performed

Clean and service assigned areas and equipment to include tables, work described herein. shelves, countertops, refrigerators, stoves and patient care equipment; maintain sufficient stock and supplies in storage areas for proper performance of these duties; report needed items for reorder. Clean and sterilize bedpans, urinals, emesis basins, instruments, glassware and other items; restock patient rooms with clean supplies and equipment; sweep and spot mop floors in emergency situations. Pick up, fold and store linen. Pick up and deliver specimens, charts, clinical records, requisitions and supplies as directed; move furniture on wards as required. Escort or transport patients to and from hospital wards, laboratories, clinics and other areas. Answer phone and record and relay requests for unit services. Perform other related duties incidental to the

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Heavy lifting and the ability to transport stretcher and wheelchair patients to various hospital locations is also required. STERILE TECHNIQUE

Level Characteristics

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Minimum Qualifications

Education

Work requires the ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions generally acquired through a partial high school education.

Experience

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Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

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