Certified First Assistant OR First - Jewish Hospital

We Are Hiring At Jewish Hospital Operating Room

Location: 200 Abraham Flexner Way Louisville KY 40202

Shift: First

About the unit

The Surgical Services Department at Jewish Hospital consists of the following three areas: Main Hospital; Heart Hospital; and Outpatient Care Center which includes the Hand Care Center. Surgical Services is open 24 hours a day and 365 days a year to ensure all surgeries including emergencies are completed and the communitys health needs are met. Our service lines include Cardiothoracic Vascular Robotics General Colorectal Urology Transplant Orthopedics Neurosurgery ENT Dental Plastics Hands and Oral Maxillofacial. In total we have 30 operating rooms 2 of which are considered Hybrid rooms equipped to perform endovascular robotic and cardiothoracic surgeries. Our staff take pride in offering excellent care to our patients as well as their families.

About Jewish Hospital

Jewish Hospital part of UofL Health is an internationally renowned hightech tertiary referral center developing leadingedge advancements in hand and microsurgery heart and lung care orthopedics and sports medicine neuroscience organ transplantation and outpatient care. The hospital is the site of the worlds first successful hand transplant and AbioCor implantable replacement heart procedures in addition to the first trial of adult cardiac stem cells in chronic heart failure. Jewish Hospital continues to be recognized for its specialized heart care procedures including the implantation of ventricular assist devices (VAD) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The UofL Health Trager Transplant Center is in a select group of hospitals nationwide that perform heart lung liver kidney pancreas and hand transplantation. The center also includes a Pancreas Disease Center a GI Motility Clinic and Advanced Heart Failure and VAD programs.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Dissect tissue to open the chest (if privileges allow)
• Harvest native vessel(s) used for bypass or other conduit (endoscopic vein harvest preferred)
• Dissect vessel branches
• Suture and close tissue
• Suction primary and peripheral surgical sites
• Assist with placement of sutures needle drives etc. during sections of the operation involving multiple simultaneous suture lines
• Verify the identity of patient or operative site
• Assist with placement of catheters for temporary cardiopulmonary bypass
• Assist with temporary positioning of the heart lungs etc. to create surgery working space
• Suture tissue to close the chest (if privileges allow)
• Other surgical assistance as required by the surgeon
• Evening and/or weekend call coverage
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited surgical technician vocational or technical program/school.
• Graduation from a surgical first assistant program.
• Surgical First Assistant certification.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA).
• Minimum of 1 year surgical first assistant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 35 years of surgical scrub technician experience.

Benefits & Perks

Competitive Pay & Benefits Options

Paid Vacation Sick days and Holidays

Free tuition to UofL for Part and Fulltime employees for Child/Spouse/Domestic Partner

401K with Employer Match

About UofL Health

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with nine hospitals four medical centers Brown Cancer Center Eye Institute nearly 200 physician practice locations and more than 1000 providers in Louisville and the surrounding counties including southern Indiana. Additional access to UofL Health is provided through a partnership with Carroll County Memorial Hospital.

Affiliated with the University of Louisville School of Medicine UofL Health is committed to providing patients with access to the most advanced care available. This includes clinical trials collaboration on research and the development of new technologies to both save and improve lives.

With more than 13000 team members physicians surgeons nurses pharmacists and other highlyskilled health care professionals UofL Health is focused on one mission: to transform the health of communities we serve through compassionate innovative patientcentered care. For more information on UofL Health go to www.uoflhealth.

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