0.6 FTE- Day/Evening Shifts $5,000.00 sign on bonus with work commitment
Starting wage - $37.14 - $55.71 (based on experience)
Offers for external candidates are generally made between the minimum and midpoint of the range, based on experience.
Qualifications:
- Graduate of a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Program (CAAHEP) Surgical Assistant program or NSAA-approved Mayo Clinic Program
- Certified as a Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA) through the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) or National Commission for the Certification of Surgical Assistants (NCCSA)
- Previous operating room experience or training within the past 3 years preferred
- BLS certified within 90 days of hire
Job Responsibilities:
- Provides visualization of the operative site.
- Utilizes appropriate techniques to assist with hemostasis.
- Utilizes appropriate techniques in closure of body planes.
- Selects and applies appropriate wound dressings.
- Provides assistance in securing drainage system to tissue.
- Participates in volume replacement or auto transfusion techniques as appropriate.
- Assists with positioning the patient.
- May prepare the skin for procedure (shave and prep).
- May insert bladder catheter.
- May act as a scrub technician per staffing needs.
- May retrieve patients from pre-operative area.
- Demonstrates open communication; team oriented.
- Maintains confidentiality.
- Maintains ongoing self-development.
- Acts in a professional manner.
- Lifting, pushing, and pulling instruments and pans throughout the sterilization process.
- Performs repetitive motions throughout shift.
- Other duties as assigned.
