Overview
Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Surgery Surgical First Assistant Certified (CSFA) in Roswell, NM. Why Join Us? Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better
- Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
- People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
- Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
Get to Know Your Team:
- Lovelace Regional Hospital includes 24/7 emergency services, intensive care, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, surgical and birthing services for Roswell and the surrounding community.
Responsibilities
- Provides aid in exposure, hemostasis, closure, and other intraoperative technical functions that help the surgeon be more efficient in the operating room with optimal results for the patient.
- In addition to intraoperative duties, the Surgical First Assistant also performs preoperative and postoperative duties to better facilitate efficiency in the operating room (pre-op setup and post-op breakdown of the operating room).
- Demonstrates expert knowledge of sterile technique, instrumentation, equipment, and sterile field setup, including sterilization methods and verification.
- The Surgical First Assistant performs these functions during the operation under the direction and supervision of the surgeon and in accordance with hospital policy and appropriate laws and regulations.
- Certification from a recognized First Assistant Program is required.
Qualifications
- Completion of an accredited Surgical Technology program and completion of a recognized Surgical First Assistant program.
- Anatomy and Physiology, sterile technique, medical terminology; instrumentation, and medical equipment knowledge.
- Unit Specific Competencies; Sterilization techniques; Operating Room instruments and supplies; medical terminology
- Two years OR scrub Technician experience.
- Certified Surgical Technician, Certified Surgical First Assistant Certification (CSFA)
- BLS.
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