First Assistant PRN
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PRN to support clinical needs
Pay Range
$33.05 - $49.60Major Responsibilities:
- Selects supplies and equipment for surgical procedures.
- Assists in Operating Room team preparation for surgical procedures including room and equipment set up checking supplies and equipment and opening sterile items.
- Establishes and maintains sterile field.
- Positions preps and drapes the patient.
- Places urinary drainage catheter.
- Handles tissue.
- Provides exposure through appropriate use of instruments retractors suctioning and sponging techniques under direct supervision of the surgeon.
- Passes needed instruments sutures supplies and other equipment.
- Sutures and staples subcutaneous tissue and skin.
- Provides hemostasis by clamping vessels coagulating bleeding points ligating vessels and by other means as directly supervised by the surgeon.
- Injects local anesthesia as directed by the surgeon.
- Applies dressing.
- Inserts secondary trocars.
- Removes and applies casts and splints.
Licensure Registration and/or Certification Required:
Current CST certification or credentialing by LCC-ST as a Certified First Assistant
Education Required:
Associates degree in surgical technology or related health science field or 8 years of professional experience in First Assist role Completion of a Surgical Technology Program and Assisting Course
Experience Required:
Documentation of a minimum of 150 surgical cases within the defined specialty area Training obtained under preceptorship from surgeons
Knowledge Skills & Abilities Required:
NA
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination. Standing and walking for extensive periods of time. Occasionally lifts and carries weight up to 50 pounds. Ability to distinguish letters numbers and symbols with vision and hearing within normal range to respond to Code alerts and equipment alarms. Work-related stress due to volume and time constraints with irregular working hours.
This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.
Our CommitmenttoYou:
Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs competitive compensation generous retirement offerings programs that invest in your career development and so much more so you can live fully at and away from work including:
Compensation
- Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications skills relevant experience and/or training
- Premium pay such as shift on call and more based on a teammates job
- Incentive pay for select positions
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
Benefits and more
- Paid Time Off programs
- Health and welfare benefits such as medical dental vision life andShort- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation health outcomes consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte North Carolina Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology neurosciences oncology pediatrics and rehabilitation as well as organ transplants burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1000 care locations and offers one of the nations largest graduate medical education programs with over 2000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
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