Cardiovascular Operating Room First Assistant

Emory Healthcare • Atlanta, GA

86d

About The Position

At Emory Healthcare, we fuel your professional journey with better benefits, valuable resources, ongoing mentorship and leadership programs for all types of jobs, and a supportive environment that enables you to reach new heights in your career and be what you want to be. We provide comprehensive health benefits that start day 1, student loan repayment assistance & reimbursement programs, family-focused benefits, wellness incentives, ongoing mentorship, development, and leadership programs, and more.

Requirements

• Graduate and/or certification from surgical assisting programs accredited through ARC/STSA.
• 2 years of surgical assistant/first assistant experience is required.
• CVOR Experience a must.
• Robotics experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist the surgeon under direct and indirect supervision throughout preoperative, intraoperative, and post-operative duties and procedures as needed.
• Provide aid in exposure, hemostasis, closure, and other intraoperative technical functions that help the surgeon carry out a safe operation with optimal results for the patient.
• Clamp and/or cauterize vessels or tissue; tie and/or ligate clamped vessels or tissue; apply hemostatic clips; place local hemostatic agents.
• Apply tourniquets and demonstrate awareness of the indications/contraindications for use with knowledge of side effects of extended use; apply vessel loops; apply non-crushing clamps; apply direct digital pressure.
• Utilize appropriate techniques to assist with closure of body planes.
• Pack with sponges. Digitally manipulate tissue. Suction, irrigate, or sponge. Manipulate suture materials (e.g. loops, tags, running sutures).
• Utilize running or interrupted subcutaneous sutures with absorbable or non-absorbable material and subcuticular closure technique with or without adhesive skin closure strips.
• Close skin with method indicated by surgeon (suture, staples, etc.).
• Select and apply appropriate wound dressing: liquid or spray occlusive materials, absorbent material affixed with tape of circumferential wrapping; immobilize dressing (soft or rigid).
• Ensure points of pressure are padded: elbows, heels, knees, eyes, face, and axillary region. Circulation shall not be impaired. Nerve damage shall be guarded against.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs
• Family-focused benefits
• Wellness incentives
• Ongoing mentorship, development, and leadership programs

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees