Operating Room Certified First Assist

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Hourly Wage Estimate: $36.90 - $55.35 / hour

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Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Operating Room Certified First Assist 

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Certified First Assist, you will work under the direction of the operating surgeon. You will function as first/second assistant to the surgeon during the operative procedure, providing aid in exposure, hemostasis, and other technical functions to ensure safe and efficient outcomes. You will be responsible for restocking and changing over rooms between cases.

What you will do in this role:

You will demonstrate the necessary practical, technical and/or specialized knowledge and skills required in accordance with ASA (Association of Surgical Assistants) and other regulatory standards

Communicate with the surgeon prior to the case to ascertain specific needs

You will share information with the remainder of the surgical team in a timely manner

You will assisting with patient positioning, skin preparation, and surgical draping according to the surgeon’s protocol

You will anticipate the needs of the surgeon in order to expedite the procedure, while minimizing the patient’s exposure to surgical and anesthetic stress

You will ensure the temperature of the patient is discussed with anesthesia personnel in compliance with desired temperature ranges

You will assist the surgeon by providing retraction and aiding exposure of the operative site

Facilitate hemostasis of the surgical site by performing suction, irrigation and sponging during a surgical procedure

You will assist with skin or external suturing and stapling under the surgeon’s direction

Qualifications for this role:

You are a graduate of a CAAHEP-accredited program in surgical assisting and attain the CSFA credential administrated by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting

BLS certification

You have one year experience in an operating room setting, preferably in an ambulatory surgery center

You are a Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA)

You have a valid BCLS Certification upon employment***online certification not acceptable.

Benefits

Boulders Ambulatory Surgery Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

Comprehensive benefits  for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

Wellbeing support,  including free counseling and referral services

Time away from work  programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

Education support  through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

Additional benefits  for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Boulders Ambulatory Surgery Center located inRichmond Virginia. We serve residents in Henrico County and surroundingcommunities. Our Mission is to give high quality and cost-effective orthopedic careto the community. We established a total joint program in 2019. Our AAAHC accreditedcenter performs over 250 cases a month. We offer the following orthopedic procedures:Arthroscopic, ACL, Carpal Tunnel, Fracture reduction open and closed, Frozen Shoulder, KneeOsteotomy, Meniscectomy, Rotator Cuff repair and injury, Total Joint Replacement of shoulder, hip andknee.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for thedelivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Operating Room Certified First Assist opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Worksite address

richmond, VA, 23225, US

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