Surgical First Assistant

The Essentials:

Schedule: 36 hours per week/ 2-8 hour shifts/2-10 hour shifts and call shifts required | Full-time | Minimal On-Call Requirement

Location: Fairlawn, OH – Hospital – 3557 Embassy Pkwy | On-Site

Specialties: Operating Room, First Assisting, Orthopaedics, Plastics

What you’ll do:

• Work closely with surgeons in the operating room during a surgical procedure. anticipate the needs of the surgical team and during an operation, assist the surgeon with tasks such as selecting equipment, holding open incisions, controlling bleeding, closing the incision, among other technical tasks.
• interact with surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and other health care staff. provides support for surgical procedures by serving as general assistant to nurses and physicians and by preparing the operation rooms with necessary equipment, instruments, and supplies. 
• Positions patient and tends to patient’s warmth and comfort needs.  The surgeon shall convey the exact position that will give the best exposure for the surgical procedure
• Inspects and prepares skin for surgical procedure
• Proficiency in suturing as evidenced by required competency of surgical team and verification evidenced by competency of all required skills.
• Assists in the visualization of the operative site by the following: appropriate placement and securing of retractors. Digital manipulation of tissue, suctioning, irrigating, or sponging.

What We’re Looking For:

· Education: Completion of a first assisting program

· Experience: Three (3) to Five (5) years of demonstrated experience in field or profession preferred.

· Certifications/Licenses/Registrations: Completion of an approved CST/CSFA program (The National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting) or military training. BLS preferred

Schedule: 36 hours per week/ 2-8 hour shifts/2-10 hour shifts and call shifts required

Status: Full-Time