Certified Surgical Tech - First Assistant - PRN
Core
Assists surgeons and the perioperative team in preoperative, intraoperative, and post-operative patient care, performing technical scrub skills and instrument management.
Role type
Certified Surgical Tech - First Assistant (PRN)
Builds
Surgical procedures and patient care outcomes
Domain
Healthcare / Surgical Services
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Surgical scrub skills, instrument preparation and management, hemostasis techniques, wound closure assistance, patient positioning, sterile technique, retraction and visualization support, drainage system management
Preferred skills
Recommendations from three multi-specialty surgeons
Technologies
Electronic medical record systems, information management systems
Responsibilities
Prepare for surgical procedures, assist surgeons in perioperative care, collect supplies and equipment, assess patient needs, promote safe environment, reprocess and decontaminate instruments, position patients, provide visualization of operative site, utilize hemostasis techniques, assist with closure of body planes, apply wound dressings, secure drainage systems