Certified Surgical First Assist - $20k Bonus

About the role

Vanderbilt Health is seeking a Certified Surgical First Assist to join our Perioperative Services Departments. This position acts as a member of the operating room team, assisting with room preparation, setup, and clean up. The role involves patient positioning, prepping, and draping, as well as providing hemostasis, wound exposure, and handling of sutures and tissue under the direction of the operating surgeon.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a member of the operating room team by assisting with the room preparation, setup and clean up.
• Affords assistance with patient positioning to provide access to the operative site while maximizing patient safety and comfort.
• Maintains a surgically clean environment to reduce the potential for patient infection through the application of the principles of asepsis.
• Initiates appropriate intraoperative behaviors unique to first assisting.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved specific discipline OR successful completion of a surgical assistant training program during the applicant's service as a member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Registration with the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners.

Skills

• Surgical Equipment Knowledge (Intermediate)
• Procedures Knowledge (Intermediate)
• Operating Room Care (Intermediate)
• Environmental Sterility & Safety (Intermediate)
• Surgical Technology (Intermediate)
• Equipment Maintenance (Intermediate)

Benefits

• $20,000 taxable sign-on bonus, distributed in 4 equal payments over two years.
• Up to $10,000 (taxable) for relocation expenses, payable within 45 days of hire.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $60,000 - $70,000 annually.

Schedule

This full-time position is available on a Days schedule, with 10- or 12-hour shifts.