Certified Surgical First Assistant PRN

About the role

Surgical technologists, also called scrubs and surgical or operating room technicians, assist in surgical operations under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses or other surgical personnel. Surgical technologists are members of operating room teams, which most commonly include surgeons, anesthesiologists, and circulating nurses.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and maintains medical equipment for surgical procedures.
• Before an operation, help prepare the operating room by setting up surgical instruments and equipment, sterile drapes, and sterile solutions.
• Follows hospital regulations and industry procedures to tend to patient during pre-operative procedures.
• Performs pre-operating preparations to the patient's skin, body and medical equipment.
• Assemble both sterile and non-sterile equipment, as well as adjust and check it to ensure it is working properly.
• Get patients ready for surgery by washing, shaving, and disinfecting incision sites.
• Transport patients to the operating room, help position them on the operating table, and cover them with sterile surgical drapes.
• Observe patients' vital signs, check charts, and assist the surgical team with putting on sterile gowns and gloves.
• Pass instruments and other sterile supplies to surgeons and surgeon assistants.
• Hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
• Help prepare, care for, and dispose of specimens taken for laboratory analysis and help apply dressings.
• Operate sterilizers, lights, or suction machines and help operate diagnostic equipment.
• After an operation, help transfer patients to the recovery rooms and clean and restock the operating room.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Assist with positioning, prepping and draping.
• Provide exposure - retraction, suctioning, and sponging techniques.
• Perform dissection (those layers required to provide exposure to the operative area.)
• Provide homeostasis (electrocautery, sponge, suctioning, clamping, suture ligatures i.e. muscle, subcutaneous and skin.)
• Perform knot tying.
• Provide closure of layers (which provided access to the operative area) under the direction of the surgeon.
• Affix and stabilize drains.
• Apply surgical dressing.
• Remove drains during postoperative phase upon surgeon order.

Requirements

• A graduate of an accredited surgical technologist program, technical program or related.
• Must be certified to perform CPR with 0-2 years of clinical experience in a related field.
• Ability to be on your feet for long periods and lift or turn disabled patients.
• Requires sitting and standing associated with a normal office environment.
• Ability to concentrate for periods of up to four hours.
• Ability to communicate verbally both in person and on the telephone.
• Ability to use computer keyboard and to view a computer monitor.
• Surgical technologists work in clean, well-lighted, cool environments.
• Must stand for long periods