Surgical Assistant

Cleveland Clinic•Terre Haute, IN

35d•Onsite

About The Position

Join Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital and experience world class healthcare at its best. Located in Dover, Ohio, the award-winning not-for-profit Union Hospital serves the communities of eastern Ohio. Here, you will be part of a talented, compassionate, and driven team of caregivers, work with state-of-the-art technology and provide stellar patient care. Union Hospital offers a wide range of surgical services. Whether patients require minimally invasive procedures or major surgeries, this surgical team is dedicated to providing patients with excellent care in a safe, family-friendly environment. As a Surgical Assistant on the team, you will assist with critical procedures and tasks related to specific training, score, and orientation. Some of your day-to-day tasks will include working across a variety of service lines, scrubbing in, determining equipment needed for each procedure and cauterizing, clamping and cutting tissue. In this role, you will act as a patient advocate, ensuring sterile technique to prevent infections and that every qualifying measure is done. Due to this being a PRN role, you will be able to experience a great work-life balance while still having the opportunity to enhance your skills at an elite healthcare organization such as Cleveland Clinic. A PRN caregiver in this position works varying days from 6:30AM - 7:30PM or 7:00AM - 3:30PM, with on-call and rotating weekend and holiday requirements. A caregiver who excels in this role will: Anticipate the needs of the surgeon and other team members with respect to the requirements for the surgical procedure. Use knowledge of OR procedures with respect to attire, infection control and compliance practices. Prepare for the procedure or surgery by participating in the performance of the safety check/universal protocol determining the specific equipment needed, reviewing permits to confirm procedures and special needs, assisting in moving and positioning the patient, selecting x-rays for reference, inserting and removing Foley urinary bladder catheter and draping the patient. Support the Surgeon during the procedure or surgery by retracting tissue and organs, maintaining hemostasis by direct pressure, use of appropriate instrumentation, placing ties or ligatures or applying chemical hemostatic agents, using electrocautery mono and bi-polar, clamping and ligating and cutting tissue. Maintain integrity of the sterile field, closing all wound layers, inserting drainage tubes, applying wound dressing and assisting with resuscitation or any other events in the OR. Perform any other duties or procedures incident to the surgical procedure deemed necessary and directed and supervised by the surgeon.

Requirements

Associate's Degree
Graduate of an accredited Surgical Assistant program
Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA) offered by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) within the first year of hire
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
Two years of peri-operative practice in an acute care facility
Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and ginger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time.
Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.
Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
Able to safely transport patients on stretchers to bed using good body mechanics.
Works extended hours as necessary.
Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Nice To Haves

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
Surgical Technologist experience

Responsibilities

Assist with critical procedures and tasks related to specific training, score, and orientation.
Work across a variety of service lines.
Scrub in.
Determine equipment needed for each procedure.
Cauterize, clamp and cut tissue.
Act as a patient advocate.
Ensure sterile technique to prevent infections.
Ensure that every qualifying measure is done.
Anticipate the needs of the surgeon and other team members with respect to the requirements for the surgical procedure.
Use knowledge of OR procedures with respect to attire, infection control and compliance practices.
Prepare for the procedure or surgery by participating in the performance of the safety check/universal protocol determining the specific equipment needed, reviewing permits to confirm procedures and special needs, assisting in moving and positioning the patient, selecting x-rays for reference, inserting and removing Foley urinary bladder catheter and draping the patient.
Support the Surgeon during the procedure or surgery by retracting tissue and organs, maintaining hemostasis by direct pressure, use of appropriate instrumentation, placing ties or ligatures or applying chemical hemostatic agents, using electrocautery mono and bi-polar, clamping and ligating and cutting tissue.
Maintain integrity of the sterile field, closing all wound layers, inserting drainage tubes, applying wound dressing and assisting with resuscitation or any other events in the OR.
Perform any other duties or procedures incident to the surgical procedure deemed necessary and directed and supervised by the surgeon.