Surgical First Assist Cert
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Job Location:
London, KY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
16 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Where Youll Work
Welcome to Saint Joseph London a 150-bed regional hospital founded in 1926. Located on a 52 acre healing environment Saint Joseph London offers private patient rooms that overlook a small lake and healing garden and has been recognized as a Best Place to Work in Kentucky for five years in a row (2020-2024).
CHI Health Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health a non-profit Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175000 team members and 25000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians advanced practice clinicians nurses and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2200 care centers serving 24 states.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a Surgical First Assistant you will provide critical patient care by directly assisting the surgeon during operative procedures working under their immediate direction. You will instrumental in ensuring a safe surgical experience through technical support for exposure hemostasis and wound closure.
Every day you will collaborate closely with the surgical team performing duties under the guidance of the operating surgeon circulating nurse and reporting to your designated Team Leader. This involves a range of assigned tasks to support the surgical process effectively.
To be successful you will demonstrate exceptional technical proficiency in assisting the surgeon maintaining acute awareness of the surgical field and patient safety.
- Assists with positioning the patient provide application of surgical antiseptic solution and draping the patient in a standardized sterile fashion.
- Under physician supervision may be expected to open and close surgical sites harvest grafts assist with hemostasis dissect and remove tissue insert devices alter tissue and other such procedures as requested.
- Provide assistance in securing drainage systems to tissue and applying appropriate wound dressing.
- Under professional supervision may be expected to perform specific significant tasks which includes applying and removing splints/casts placing foley catheters and administering local anesthesia.
Sign-on Bonuses up to $20000 AND Education Assistance (student loan payoff) up to $24000 for eligible hires and positions
Job Requirements
Required
- Other Graduate from an accredited surgical technology program upon hire and
- One year of surgical technician experience
- Basic Life Support - CPR upon hire and
- Certified Surgical First Assistant NASC upon hire or
- Certified Surgical First Assistant upon hire or
- Certified First Assistant - Certified Surgical Technologists upon hire
Preferred
- One year Surgical Assisting experience and
Key Skills
- Aseptic Technique
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- Anatomy Knowledge
- Basic Life Support
- Computer Skills
- Physiology Knowledge
- Military Experience
- Suturing
- Medical Terminology
- Sterile Processing
About Company
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