Certified First Assistant Surgical Tech Cardiothoracic Specialty

Job Description:

Assist surgeon in performing surgical procedures. Functions as surgeon's chief assistant in the operating room. Supervised by the department director and nurse manager. Assignments received from the charge nurse and/or RN in charge of the room

Job Responsibility:

• Scrubbing into cases
• Assist primary scrub with set-up and opening of sterile supplies
• Make sure instruments and supplies are available for the scheduled case
• Setting up cases ensuring that all instruments are thoroughly sterilized
• Assist circulating RN with patient positioning
• Assists RN with circulating duties as needed to carry out the appropriate interventions.
• First assists in cardiothoracic procedures and other surgical procedures performs surgical procedure independently as directed and supervised by physician, including but not limited to saphenous vein harvesting (open and endoscopic); after successfully completing an approved course on saphenous vein harvesting

Requirements:

• Completion of Surgical First Assistant Program and successful completion of certification.
• Driver's License
• Certified First Assistant must graduate from a Surgical Technologist program or have comparable military training and completion of Surgical First Assistant Program and successful completion of certification. Maintains National Surgical Assistant Association Certification and national surgical technologist certification.
• Prefer 6 to 12 months' experience

Benefits:

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• Retirement plans with company match