Job detail

Surgical Tech First Asst

Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation

#ACLS #Sterile Field #Patient Safety #Infection Control #Acute Care #CST #Aseptic Technique #Surgical Technician #BCLS

Quick overview

Provides direct support to surgeons by maintaining the sterile field and assisting with critical tasks such as tissue retraction, suturing, and bleeding control. Collaborates with the surgical team to ensure efficient operative procedures and optimal patient outcomes.

Requirements summary

Requires 1-3 years of experience as a Surgical Technician or First Assist in an acute care setting. Must hold CST and either CSFA or CSA certifications, along with BCLS certification.

professional certificateTeamworkCommunicationSterile Field MaintenancePatient SafetyInfection ControlPatient PositioningDecontaminationSuturingInstrumentationSurgical TechniquesHemostasisSurgical AnatomyWound ClosureTissue RetractionProcedural WorkflowsAseptic Principles

Job description

Job Summary

The Surgical Technician First Assist provides direct support to surgeons during surgical procedures, ensuring efficient operative and invasive procedures by maintaining the sterile field, providing necessary instruments and supplies, and assisting in critical surgical tasks. This role requires advanced technical skills to support the surgical team, including positioning patients, retracting tissues, controlling bleeding, suturing, and applying dressings. The Surgical Technician First Assist collaborates with surgeons, nurses, and other surgical team members to ensure optimal patient outcomes and post-operative care.

Essential Functions
Functions as a scrub person during surgical procedures, preparing and organizing sterile supplies and instruments, maintaining an organized sterile field, and providing necessary instruments and supplies to the surgical team.
Performs first assistant duties, including providing exposure through instrument handling, retractors, suctioning, and sponging techniques as directed by the surgeon.
Handles and dissects tissues, clamps blood vessels, coagulates bleeding points, and places drains as instructed by the surgeon.
Assists with wound closure, including suturing subcutaneous layers and skin, applying staples, and dressing surgical sites per surgeon instructions.
Ensures sterility and safety standards, conducting proper counting procedures with the RN circulator, following infection control protocols, and taking corrective actions if needed.
Prepares and transports surgical instruments for decontamination, ensuring proper handling and sterilization for future use.
Assists in post-procedure room turnover, ensuring procedural areas are properly cleaned and prepared for subsequent surgeries.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience as a Surgical Technician or First Assist in an acute care setting required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Proficiency in surgical techniques, aseptic principles, and sterile field maintenance.
Strong knowledge of surgical anatomy, instrumentation, and procedural workflows.