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Operating Room Attendant

Primary Location Los Angeles, California Facility Name Los Angeles Medical Center Schedule Call-in/On-Call Shift Night Salary $24.15 - $26.18 / hour
Job Number 1363557 Date Posted 11/12/2025
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Job Summary:

Under direct supervision, provides general assistance to the surgical team and operating room staff.


Essential Responsibilities:

  • Patient Health Care: Lift patients. Prepare and position patients for procedures. Assist as member of surgical team. Assist physician and medical staff with procedures, diagnostic examinations and treatments. Restrain or support patient during procedures. 
  • Records and Patient Information: Check in patient and members. Greet and interview patients. Direct members to appropriate department. 
  • Transportation: Transport patients to and form designated areas. Route specimens to laboratory. Transport laboratory specimens, laboratory supplies and materials, patient-related supplies and materials, equipment, and procedure trays. 
  • Equipment and Instruments & Materials and Supplies: Ensure equipment is available for procedures and examinations. Assemble and disassemble equipment and instruments. Maintain and supply patients with hygiene and leisure items. Replenish bed linen and sanitary supplies. 
  • Administrative and other: Participate in developing and conducting in-service programs and patient care classes. Demonstrate safety procedures. Train and orient staff to equipment techniques and procedures. Train other health care providers. 
  • Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.
Basic Qualifications:

Experience


  • Minimum of three months recent O.R. experience or Nurse Attendant experience required. 

  • Ability to lift 70-80 lbs.

  • Per the National Agreement, current KP Coalition employees have this experience requirement waived.


Education


  • N/A


License, Certification, Registration


  • Basic Life Support


Additional Requirements:


  • N/A


Notes:



  • Must work weekends, ok with a variable schedule.

  • May be scheduled any shift per department needs.

  • Must work minimum of 10 shifts per month, 2 of which will be on a weekend. And 2 days of holiday availability per year.


  • This is an on call position, days and hours may vary.




Primary Location: California,Los Angeles,Los Angeles Medical Center Scheduled Weekly Hours: 1 Shift: Night Workdays: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun Working Hours Start: 11:00 PM Working Hours End: 07:30 AM Job Schedule: Call-in/On-Call Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Onsite Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: B01|SEIU|Local 399 Job Level: Entry Level Department: Sunset Medical Center - Operating Room-1 - 0801 Pay Range: $24.15 - $26.18 / hour Travel: No On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

  • Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.

  • Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.

  • Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.
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