Surgical First Assistant
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Overview
Surgical First Assistant Surgery
$7500 Signon Bonus for Experienced SFAs
$5000 Signon Bonus for New Grad SFAs
FullTime 80 Hours Per Pay Period Day Shift
Fort Sanders Regional Overview:
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an awardwinning certified and accredited facility with 468 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center Fort Sanders offers stateofthe art care that maximizes recovery from stroke. We are also the regions leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our doortoballoon times for heart attack patients are below the national average and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a member ofCovenant Health a locallyowned nonprofit health system based in Knoxville TN with a patientfocused culture. It has been recognized byForbes Magazine as its 2020 BestinStateEmployerfor Tennessee. The CEO of our company Jim VanderSteeg attends every new employee orientation and will ask you to sign our pledge of excellence to always put patients first strive for excellence in everything we do and make Covenant Health the first and best choice for patients in our region. As youd expect we offer our employees arobust benefits package including: offering unmatched medical insurance tuition reimbursement; student loan repayment assistance certification bonuses; leadership and professional development programs; an employermatched 401(k); and a generous Combined Time Off (CTO) program.
Department Description:
Fort Sanders Regionals extensive surgical capabilities are transforming the surgery experience for patients in East Tennessee. From the areas first roboticallyassisted surgery system imageguided brain and spinal cord procedures to our hybrid operating room Fort Sanders Regional provides patients more options and the best surgical technology available. We also offer traditional surgical options including advanced laparoscopy and day surgery procedures.
The Surgery department at Fort Sanders Regional consists of 17 operating rooms where over 10000 procedures are performed each year. Our surgical specialties include bariatrics cardiothoracic colon/rectal orthopedics plastics vascular sinus neuro and surgical oncology.
If you are passionate about putting patients first are a great team player and have exceptional organization skills apply for a surgery position today!
Postion Summary:
With directed delegation assists the surgeon throughout the entire surgical procedure. The surgeon may allow the surgical first assistant to tie or cauterize vessels muscle or fat under their immediate direction or observation; the surgical first assistant may close the skin with suture or staples and place dressings. It is the surgeons responsibility to verify the acceptability and appropriateness of the closure.
Recruiter: Jennifer Gordon
Responsibilities
- Under supervision of MD/surgeon facilitates patient care by providing surgical first assistant duties for the surgeon before during and after surgical procedures; follows unit standards and processes to deliver ageappropriate care for all patients; demonstrates accountability as an individual and team member in meeting patient/family needs; participates in identifying costeffective measures for clinical care.
- Demonstrates expanded knowledge of surgical anatomy/ physiology and operative technique to work collaboratively with the surgeon and the other team members.
- May apply dressings as appropriate in an aseptic manner as delegated by the surgeon.
- Assists the operating room team in safely transferring the patient to and from the Operating Room; demonstrates proper positioning techniques; reports to the circulator and surgeon bilateral pedal pulses and posterior tibial pulses when appropriate; knows the proper position for cases and understands the use of proper positioning aids to protect nerves bony prominences and to maintain circulation.
- Recognizes safety hazards and initiates appropriate preventative and/or corrective actions to ensure a safe environment for the patient and the surgical team throughout the perioperative experience
- Plans sets up performs and cleans up the assigned surgical procedure as a surgical first assistant and/or as a scrub tech; demonstrates knowledge of equipment and instrumentation pertaining to case; safely operates special equipment which may be used in surgical cases (e.g. lasers microscopes tourniquets endoscopes drills saws etc.; maintains instrument and equipment integrity; performs room turnover and terminal cleaning; utilizes supplies appropriately and in a cost effective manner. When called upon can assist in daily assignments; makes sure all needed supplies/implants are available for assigned case(s); brings to the coordinator the changes that need to be made to the preference maps.
- Demonstrates knowledge of and the ability to apply the principles of asepsis in creating and maintaining the sterile field; uses proper technique when scrubbing gowning gloving and setting up of sterile fields; recognizes what is sterile and what is unsterile; recognizes contamination and takes proper action to correct situation; continually monitors the sterile field and surgical team to assure that sterility is maintained.
- Performs sharp sponge and instrument counts according to policy; demonstrates proper counting technique for all countables and applies proper procedures with incorrect counts; demonstrates understanding of exceptions to counts when in the functioning role of a surgical assistant.
- May be crosstrained to provide surgical services in multiple specialty areas.
- Makes an effort to do pre/post op rounding when appropriate.
- Follows policies procedures and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
None specified; however must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience:
Must have previously worked as a Surgical Technologist (CST or NonCertified CST). Experience performing certified surgical technologist duties in an operating suite sufficient to meet the experience requirements mandated by one of the certifying bodies indicated below.
Licensure Requirement:
Must have and maintain one of the following certifications:
- Certified First Assistant (CSFA) by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA);
- Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA) by the National Surgical Assistants Association (NSAA).
Employment Type
Full-Time
