Certified Surgical First Assist PRN
About the role
Exciting opportunity to join TriStar Summit Medical Center, part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare. The Surgical Service teams are a committed, caring group of colleagues with a passion for creating positive patient interactions. The facility offers a vast array of robotic surgical technology including gynecology, general, thoracic, urology, spine and joint replacement. Services offered at Summit include Gynecology, urology, neurology, spine, orthopedics, general, ENT, plastics and vascular. As a Surgical Tech you will work directly with the surgeon in the operating room and may scrub and assist the physician during procedures. TriStar Summit is a 230+ bed comprehensive facility serving Davidson, Wilson and surrounding counties, featuring a Level III Trauma Center and a full array of acute care services such as cardiology, oncology, orthopaedics/spine, rehabilitation and women’s services. It is an Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI, a Primary Stroke Center, and a leading provider of emergency heart and stroke care. "Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do." – Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr., HCA Healthcare Co‑Founder.
Responsibilities
- Communicating the surgeon’s preferences and specific patient needs to surgical team
- Positioning the patient to provide the necessary exposure for the procedure, as well as the surgeon preference
- Providing intraoperative skills such as visualization, trocar insertion, hemostasis, tissue handling, placement and securing of wound drains
- Having knowledge of and using all open, laparoscopic, and robotic equipment necessary for a procedure
- Proficiency in technical skills required during a surgical procedure, including, but not limited to: clamping, cauterizing, suturing, inserting, manipulating, retracting, cutting, and ligating tissue as necessary
- Utilizing appropriate suturing techniques, according to surgeon preference, to close the incision at the end of the procedure
- Providing postoperative skills in patient care such as applying dressings to surgical wounds, patient transfer and transport, transfer of care, and monitoring for immediate complications
- Collaborating with others to provide continuity of care
Qualifications
- (CST) Certified Surgical Technologist
- Basic Cardiac Life Support, or BCLS Instructor, or CPR must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date