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Certified Surgical First Assist

CHI Saint Joseph London

#CPR #Healthcare #Sterile Field #Patient Safety #Basic Life Support #General Surgery #CSFA #Hemostasis #Surgical Technology

Quick overview

Provide critical patient care by directly assisting surgeons during operative procedures with technical support for exposure and wound closure. Collaborate with the surgical team to ensure patient safety and maintain the sterile surgical field.

Requirements summary

Requires graduation from an accredited surgical technology program and a Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA) certification. Candidates must have Basic Life Support (BLS) certification and at least one year of surgical technician experience.

professional certificatePatient PositioningSterile TechniqueSurgical AssistingCatheter PlacementHemostasisWound ClosureLocal Anesthesia AdministrationTissue DissectionGraft HarvestingSurgical Antiseptic Application

Job description

Where You’ll Work Welcome to Saint Joseph London, a 150-bed regional hospital founded in 1926.
Located on a 52 acre healing environment, Saint Joseph London offers private patient rooms that overlook a small lake and healing garden and has been recognized as a Best Place to Work in Kentucky for five years in a row (2020-2024).
CHI Health Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-proﬁt, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people.
With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.
Job Summary and Responsibilities As a Surgical First Assistant, you will provide critical patient care by directly assisting the surgeon during operative procedures, working under their immediate direction.
You will instrumental in ensuring a safe surgical experience through technical support for exposure, hemostasis, and wound closure.Every day you will collaborate closely with the surgical team, performing duties under the guidance of the operating surgeon, circulating nurse, and reporting to your designated Team Leader.
This involves a range of assigned tasks to support the surgical process effectively.To be successful, you will demonstrate exceptional technical proficiency in assisting the surgeon, maintaining acute awareness of the surgical field and patient safety.
Assists with positioning the patient, provide application of surgical antiseptic solution and draping the patient in a standardized sterile fashion.
Under physician supervision, may be expected to open and close surgical sites, harvest grafts, assist with hemostasis, dissect and remove tissue, insert devices, alter tissue and other such procedures as requested.
Provide assistance in securing drainage systems to tissue and applying appropriate wound dressing.
Under professional supervision, may be expected to perform specific significant tasks, which includes applying and removing splints/casts, placing foley catheters, and administering local anesthesia. $20,000 sign on bonus for eligible hires and up to $24,000 for student loan assistance! #hellosurigcaltechs Job Requirements Required Other Graduate from an accredited surgical technology program, upon hire and One year of surgical technician experience Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and Certified Surgical First Assistant NASC, upon hire or Certified Surgical First Assistant, upon hire or Certified First Assistant - Certified Surgical Technologists, upon hire Preferred One year Surgical Assisting experience and

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