Surgical Tech First Assistant

Description

SHIFT: Days (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time


Healthcare Corporation of America (HCA) is a community of 94,000 Registered Nurses and 38,000 active physicians. We have over 1,900 facilities ranging from hospitals, freestanding ER’s, ambulatory surgery centers, and urgent care clinics. Our facility based staff continues to raise the bar in patient care. Ten HCA hospitals have been named in IBM Watson Health’s top 100 best-performing hospitals based on patient satisfaction and operational data.

Parkland Medical Center, an 86-bed acute care facility, is located in the heart of Derry, New Hampshire. We are a Trauma III facility that offers a wide range of services such as heart and vascular care, robotics surgery, interventional spine and pain care, and behavioral health. Through our partnerships with The Lahey Hospital & Medical Center and the New England Heart Institute (NEHI), we bring specialized medicine by highly skilled physicians, innovative approaches to treatment and advanced technology to our communities.

Not only do our patients come first, but our employees do too! We provide a total compensation package to make sure your needs are met. Choose the medical coverage package that best suits you.

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Flexible Spending
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Personal Leave
• 401K (100% annual match - 3% to 9% of pay based on years of service)
• Academic Assistance and Reimbursements for Tuition and Student Loans
• Employee Discounts including Tickets, Retail, Mental Health & Education Apps, Identity Theft Protection etc.
• Home, Auto, and Pet Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability coverage
• Adoption Assistance
• Legal Benefits and lots more!

HCA is dedicated to the growth and development of our colleagues. We will provide you the tools and resources you need to succeed in our organization. We are currently looking for an ambitious Surgical Tech First Assistant to help us reach our goals. Unlock your potential here!

Essential Functions:

• Determine specific equipment needed per procedure
• Review permit to confirm procedure and special needs
  
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  Select and place of x-rays for reference
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  Assist in moving and positioning of patient
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  Insert and remove Foley urinary bladder catheter
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  Place pneumatic tourniquet
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  Confirm procedure with surgeon
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  Drape patient within surgeon’s guidelines
• Provide retraction of tissue and organs for optimal visualization with regard to tissue type and appropriate retraction instrument and/or technique
• Assist in maintaining hemostasis by direct pressure, use and application of appropriate surgical instrument for the task, placement of ties, placement of suture ligatures, application of chemical hemostatic agents, or other measures as directed by the surgeon
  
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  Use electrocautery mono and bi-polar
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  Clamp, ligate, and cut tissue per surgeon’s directive
• Harvest saphenous vein, including skin incision, per surgeon’s directive
• Dissect common femoral artery and bifurcate per surgeon’s directive
  
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  Maintain integrity of sterile field
• Close all wound layers (facia, subcutaneous and skin) as per surgeon’s directive
  
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  Insert drainage tubes per surgeon’s directive
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  Select and apply wound dressings
• Assist with resuscitation of patient during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events in the operating room
• Perform any other duties or procedures incident to the surgical procedure deemed necessary and as directed by the surgeon
• Assist development of surgical technicians in surgical specialties
• Demonstrates department specific skills and competencies, including high-risk, low-volume and problem-prone competencies
• Attendance: works as scheduled and is compliant with Attendance and Tardiness Policy

Qualifications

Qualifications and Experience:

• Required: Graduate of an approved Certified Surgical Assistant Program with minimum of five years OR scrub experience; American Heart Association BCLS
• Preferred: Certified First Assist (CFA) or Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA)

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

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