Schedule: Full time
Shift: Day (United States of America)
Address: 1500 SW 1ST AVE
City: OCALA
State: Florida
Postal Code: 34471
Job Description: - Utilizes physician preference cards to set up operating suites and updates cards as instructed.
- Determines appropriate surgical equipment and supplies based on physician preferences.
- Achieves temporary and permanent hemostasis using appropriate techniques.
- Assists with body plane closures, wound dressing applications, and securing drainage systems.
- Provides visualization for operative sites through tissue manipulation, retraction, sponging, suction, and irrigation.
- Handles instruments, supplies, and equipment during surgical procedures, anticipating needs of the surgeon.
- Assists with positioning patients, using stabilizing equipment, and prioritizing patient comfort and safety.
- Maintains strict aseptic technique and monitors team members to ensure no breaks in technique, including performing surgical hand scrubs and donning gowns and gloves.
- Performs instrument, sharps, and sponge counts with the circulator as needed.
- Participates in surgical site and patient verification during the time-out procedure, addressing any discrepancies or concerns.
- Measures and passes medications, hemostatic agents, and irrigation solutions during surgical procedures, following safe medication handling and labeling policies.
- Cleans and prepares instruments for terminal sterilization, ensuring point-of-use cleaning throughout the procedure and preparing instrumentation for transport to the decontamination area.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: - Ability to prepare surgical suites with appropriate instruments, resources, and supplies based on surgeon preference cards [Required]
- Knowledge of instruments, supplies, and equipment utilized for surgical procedures [Required]
- Understanding of the procedures being performed and ability to anticipate the needs of the surgeon [Required]
- Strong physician/surgeon relationship skills and team mentality [Required]
- Up-to-date knowledge of patient rights and ability to respect cultural, psychosocial, and spiritual values [Required]
- Up-to-date knowledge of applicable regulatory, compliance, and accreditation standards and requirements [Required]
- Ability to communicate appropriately and effectively with patients and their family, hospital staff, nurses, physicians, and other health care professionals [Required]
- Must be able to read, write and speak conversational English [Required]
- Basic computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office [Required]
- Previous first assistant experience related to the area of specialty [Preferred]
- Knowledge of Anatomy [Preferred]
- General knowledge of asepsis, healing, infectious disease process, surgical anatomy and physiology, safety issues, and operative techniques [Preferred]
- Successful completion of an accredited Surgical Technology Course [Preferred]
- Completion of Certified Surgical First Assisting Program [Preferred]
Education: - High School Grad or Equiv [Required]
- Associate [Preferred]
Work Experience: - 2+ years relevant work experience [Required]
- 2+ years scrub surgical tech experience [Required]
Licenses and Certifications: - Basic Life Support - CPR Cert (BLS) [Required]
- NCCSA Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA) [Required] OR NBSTSA Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA) [Required] OR ABSA Surgical Assistant - Certified (SA-C) [Required] OR State Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA) [Required]
- NBSTSA Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) [Preferred]
Physical Requirements: (Please click the link below to view work requirements)
Physical Requirements - https://tinyurl.com/49cf4xnf
Pay Range:$28.68 - $53.35
Background Screening Requirement (Florida Law) Certain positions are subject to
Florida Level 2 background screening, including fingerprinting, as required by state law.
Applicants may review general information about Florida's background screening requirements at the
Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse:
https://info.flclearinghouse.com/
