Firelands Health·Bellevue, Ohio
The Surgical Assistant supports operating surgeons by scrubbing in, maintaining homeostasis, and closing wound layers. They are also responsible for case preparedness, including managing equipment and ensuring a safe, sterile environment for patients.
Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.
Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.
Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.
Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.
Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day.
We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve.
We will work passionately to make a difference.
Under the supervision of the Area Director of Surgical Services, the Surgical Assistant assists the operating surgeon in the care of patients in surgery and performs selected duties.
Surgical
Skills: Assists and scrubs in surgery. Maintains homeostasis, handling of tissue, and closing of wound layers as directed by the surgeon.
Case
Preparedness: Prepares for all cases by having the correct working equipment, instrumentation, and supplies.
Facilitator: Facilitates timely starts by supervising or performing the opening of the case, positioning, catheter placement prepping and draping so that the schedule flows smoothly.
Self-Education: Maintains and updates self-knowledge and skill of instruments, equipment, and specialty techniques.
Surgical
Environment: Provides a safe, professional and efficient environment for the surgical patient, maintaining asepsis and knowledge of anatomy and physiology as it relates to the surgical procedure.
Maintains established company/hospital policies, procedures, directives, quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control standards appropriate to this position.
Represents FRMC to the community. Acts as an ambassador and advocate for FRMC.
CSTFA or RN. Candidate must have or be working toward being a graduate of an accredited program and certified as a Certified Surgical Technician Certified First Assist (CSTCFA) or a Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA).
Minimum of four (4) years related experience in the Operating Room.
Strong attention to details, high degree of persuasiveness.
Candidates must be a CSTFA or RN with certification as a CSTCFA or CRNFA from an accredited program. A minimum of four years of related experience in the Operating Room is required.
Market context
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