Company: Kaiser Permanente
Location: Largo, MD
Career Level: Entry Level
Industries: Recruitment Agency, Staffing, Job Board
Description
Job Summary:
Under direct and immediate supervision of a surgeon will perform the role of 1st assistant during surgical procedures.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Positions the patient in accordance with the surgeon's instruction.
- Uses standard and specialized equipment to aid in patient positioning.
- Provides the surgeon with appropriate visualization of the operative site using retractors, sponges, digital manipulation, and other techniques according to standards.
- Utilizes appropriate technique to assist surgeon with temporary or permanent hemostasis by providing aid in exposure, hemostasis, and other technical functions that will help the surgeon carry out a safe operation with optimal results for the patient.
- Performs duties as a surgical technician in all surgical specialties practicing in the ambulatory surgery center.
- Utilizes appropriate techniques to assist with closure of body planes, i.e. sutures and staples.
- Selects and applies appropriate wound dressings.
- Assists with patient transport to and from OR, including from gurney to bed.
- Participates in monitoring quality of care according to professional standards and established criteria.
Performs other related duties as indicated.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Minimum five (5) years of documented experience as a certified surgical technician required.
- Minimum three (3) years of continuous, documented experience as a certified surgical assistant in the role of 1st assistant.
Education
- High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
License, Certification, Registration
Certification credentialed by one of the following is required:
The National Board for Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting -Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA).
Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical Technologist (LCC-ST) - Certified Surgical Technologist/Certified First Assistant (CST/CFA) credential.
National Surgical Assistant Association - Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA).
American Board of Surgical Assistants - Surgical Assistant - Certified (SA-C).
BLS certification required.
Additional Requirements:
- N/A
Preferred Qualifications:
- N/A
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