0.8 FTE - Day 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 First Assistant program
- Current certification as a Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA) or Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA)
- Operating Room experience or training within the last three years preferred
- Knowledge of the principles of aseptic technique and perioperative policies and procedural guidelines
- 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.
- Prepares the skin for procedure.
- Anticipates the needs of the surgeon.
- Maintains confidentiality.
- Maintains ongoing self-development.
- Other duties as assigned.
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