Surgical Assistant

Cleveland Clinic•Akron, OH

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Join Cleveland Clinic Akron General where we have been providing world-class care to the community for over 100 years. At Akron General, you will work and learn from some of the best caregivers, provide and receive multitudes of support and appreciation, and create the steppingstones toward a rewarding career with one of the world's most respected healthcare organizations. We strive for patient-centered care and comfort, and we are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family. Akron General’s Operating Room (O.R.) department has a team of dedicated caregivers that work collaboratively to provide the best possible care for their surgical patients. Akron General operates a Level I Trauma Center servicing the specialties of Heart, Vascular, Neurology, Orthopedics, Urology, Gynecology, General, Gastroenterology, Plastics, Pulmonary, Robotics, Life Banc, Eye, Maxillofacial and traumas. The caregivers in the O.R. are eager and excited to add a Surgical Assistant to their team. As a Surgical Assistant, you will assist with critical procedures and tasks related to specific training, score and orientation. You will act as a patient advocate, ensuring sterile technique to prevent infections and that every qualifying measure is done. This is a great hands-on role that will allow you to advance your skills while getting to celebrate patient successes each and every day. A PRN caregiver in this position works varying days between 8:00AM – 4:30PM. Mondays will be required.

Requirements

Associate’s Degree
Graduate of a formal Surgical Assistant program
Certification within first year of hire. Acceptable Certifications include: Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA) – National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting, Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA) – National Commission for the Certification of Surgical Assistants, Surgical Assistant – Certified (SA-C) – American Board of Surgical Assistants
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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Assist with critical procedures and tasks related to specific training, score and orientation.
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, 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.