Surgical First Assist Nurse

CommonSpirit Health•Prescott, AZ

13d

About The Position

As a Surgical First Assistant, you will provide critical patient care by directly assisting the surgeon during operative procedures, working under their immediate direction. You will instrumental in ensuring a safe surgical experience through technical support for exposure, hemostasis, and wound closure. Every day you will collaborate closely with the surgical team, performing duties under the guidance of the operating surgeon, circulating nurse, and reporting to your designated Team Leader. This involves a range of assigned tasks to support the surgical process effectively. To be successful, you will demonstrate exceptional technical proficiency in assisting the surgeon, maintaining acute awareness of the surgical field and patient safety. Assesses the patient for unique surgical needs during a procedure. Proactively assesses the need for specialty equipment, instrumentation, and assisting functions that will provide optimal assistance to the operating surgeon. Analyzes assessment data in determining patient care needs and in determining how to safely support the surgical team during the intraoperative phase. Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient and surgical procedure. Adapts to changes during the case to achieve desired outcomes. Develops a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes. Assisting techniques are reviewed/studied prior to assisting with unfamiliar cases. Implements the interventions identified in the plan of care. Reviews charts, interview patients, assists with positioning, prepping, draping patients, providing hemostasis through clamping, ligation, use of electrosurgical units or hemostatic agents. Provides surgical wound exposure via retraction, suctioning, irrigation, suturing, and sponging techniques. Handles tissue, organs, vessels, nerves, and bone with appropriate instrumentation. Sutures fascia, subcutaneous and skin layers, places drains and secures, and applies dressings.