Vanderbilt Health - Nashville, TN
posted 4 days ago
About the position
The Certified Surgical First Assist performs in the expanded role as a CST First Assistant to the Surgeon, by performing positioning, prepping and draping of patient, providing hemostasis, providing wound exposure and handling of sutures and tissue under the direction and supervision of the operating surgeon. May perform as a Surgical Technologist when not First Assisting. Join our dynamic Perioperative Services department, which boasts over 800 employees, 68 Adult Operating Rooms, and 19 Pediatric Operating Rooms at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital! This team, known as the Black team, specializes in transplant, general surgery, general oncology, renal, hepatobiliary, and burn surgery. We thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, and highly flexible environment to meet the diverse needs of our patients.
Responsibilities
- Acts as a member of the operating room team by assisting with the room preparation, setup and clean up.
- Assists with patient positioning to provide access to the operative site while maximizing patient safety and comfort.
- Establishes and maintain a surgically clean environment to reduce the potential for patient infection through the application of the principles of asepsis.
- Initiate appropriate intra operative behaviors unique to first assisting.
- The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Graduate of an approved specific discipline OR successful completion of a surgical assistant training program during the applicant's service as a member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States.
- Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience.
- Certification from one of the listed issuers: CSFA - Certified Surgical First Assistant - National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA), CSA - Certified Surgical Assistant - National Surgical Assistant Association (NSAA), CSA- Certified Surgical Assistant - National Commission for Certification of Surgical Assistants (NCCSA).
- If current employee and employed by VUMC prior to 2010, no certification is required.
- If graduate of surgical assistant armed forces training program, no certification is required.
