First Assist Certified FT Days
Posted on: 30 Jan 2021
Calhoun, GA
Job Description
Job Description
Description
Certified First Assist Full Time - AdventHealth Gordon
1035 Red Bud Rd Calhoun, GA 30701
Top Reasons To Work At AdventHealth Gordon:
Located in the foothills of North Georgia Mountains
Co-workers that feel like family
Faith based organization
Employee Referral Program
Educational Reimbursement Plans
Work Hours/Shift:
What You Will Be Responsible For:
Perform duties of Surgery Assistant to include assistance of the following tasks:
a. Placement and suturing of surgical drains
b. Patient positioning
c. Retracting tissues per surgeons directive
Drapes patient within surgeons guidelines.
Prepping of the surgical site.
Placement of pneumatic tourniquet.
Use of electro cautery mono and bipolar.
Clamp, ligation, and cutting of tissue per surgeons directive.
Closure of all wound layers as per surgeons directive.
Prepare ACL graft as directed by physician.
Performs other related duties as required
Prepare Robotic and Laparoscopic Cases.
Perform Patient Education as required.
Assist in the set up and preparation for cases to be assisted.
Train staff as requested for upcoming cases on equipment and procedure.
Assist with cases requiring call as needed at the discretion of the director.
Assist with turnover of cases as needed to facilitate the procedure and decrease wait time for the patient.
Perform as a liaison between staff and physicians with principles of leadership.
Maintains established company/hospital policies, procedures, directives, quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control standards appropriate to this position.
Demonstrates an understanding of and models the mission and core values of the company through behavior and attitude.
Qualifications
What You Will Need:
Be certified as a Surgical Assistant from the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assistants or the American Board of Surgical Assistants.
BLS (current) from American Heart Association
Three (3) years of current operating room scrub and/or assisting experience within the last five (5) years preferred
Job Summary:
Under the direct supervision, assists the operating surgeon in care of patients in surgery and performs assigned selected duties.
This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.
AdventHealth
Altamonte Springs, FL
We are one of the largest faith-based health care providers in the United States. For 150 years, we have carried on a tradition of providing whole-person care that not only addresses patients' physical ailments, but also supports their emotional and spiritual well-being. We demonstrate the same level of compassion and care for our employees as well, doing all that we can to help them realize their full potential – both personally and professionally.
AdventHealth is comprised of more than 82,000 employees and physicians nationwide who share a common purpose, are united in mission and deliver whole person care – care that treats the body, mind and spirit. Our health care system finds its roots in the heritage and continuing ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which has a 150-year legacy of innovative health care services.
Throughout the United States, our system has more than 40 outstanding hospital-anchored markets in nine states, and our team delivers care to about 25,000 people a day.
Each of our employees is a valued member of our team. They play an important role in ensuring every person we serve is treated with uncommon compassion, feels connected throughout their experience, receives exceptional care, trusts us as reliable, and ultimately, feels whole because of their engagement with us. Everyone deserves this kind of experience and this is our promise – it’s how we live out our mission.
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IndustryHealthcare
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No. of Employees82,000+
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