Surgical Tech - First Assistant
Southern Illinois Healthcare · Memorial Hospital of Carbondale · $30.57–$47.38/hr (stated in the posting)
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Location: Carbondale, IL
Shift: Days
Time Type: Full Time
Facility/Clinic Name: Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Position Summary
• Responsible for assisting the surgeon in performing a safe surgical procedure to maximize patient outcomes.
Education
• Associate’s Degree from a surgical technology programs accredited through ARC/STSA, or an accredited Surgical First Assist training program (NBSTSA National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting).
Licenses and Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate and Certified Surgical First Assist (CSFA) and CSFA Certification within one year of employment and case log per NBTSA criteria.
- Registered by the State of Illinois
Experience and Skills
• One year experience as a Surgical First Assist with at least 120 logged cases.
Role Specific Responsibilities
- Prepares rooms with appropriate instruments, sutures, supplies, and equipment necessary for area of specialty. Monitors and restocks supplies.
- Completes skin preparation and draping
- Opens sterile supplies and sets up for procedures.
- Provides wound exposure through proper use of retractors so surgeon may clearly view operative site.
- Through use of suction and sponges, provides a dry field of operation to permit optimum vision of tissue, viscera, vessels, etc.
- Provides homeostasis by use of clamps, cautery, ligation, • May complete partial wound closure subcutaneous tissues and skin only under direct supervision of the surgeon.
- Applies in application of special dressings such as circumferential elastic bandages and taping
- Assists in maintaining correct count of instruments, sutures, and sponges.
- Decontaminates instruments, supplies and equipment according to established policies and procedures; handles and stores instruments, equipment and supplies appropriately.
- Communicates and interfaces with team members, patients, and medical staff to ensure high quality patient care.
- Transports patients to and from Operating room suite; position patients according to type of surgery.
- Performs biological and chemical monitoring in accordance with quality assurance standards.
- Adheres to SIH organizational and department-specific safety, confidentiality, values, policies and standards.
- Reports any unusual incidents to circulating nurse
- Assists in identifying, collecting, and caring for specimens.
- Assists in dismantling tables and instruments after procedure
- Assembles special operating tables such as fracture tables, positioning devices
- Provides knowledge of surgical anatomy, operative techniques related to the operative procedure.
- Provides aid in exposure, hemostasis, closure, and other intraoperative duties, as well, as preoperative and postoperative duties under the direction and supervision of the surgeon.
Compensation (Commensurate with experience):
$30.57To
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