First Assist (CSTFA or RNFA), Bellevue: FT

Firelands Health; Bellevue (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Firelands Health is seeking a Surgical Assistant to support the operating surgeon in the care of patients during surgery and to perform selected duties. The role requires CSTFA or CRNFA or RN First Assistant certification and a minimum of four years of operating room experience.

You will maintain asepsis, assist with instrument handling, tissue management, and wound closure, and ensure case readiness to facilitate timely starts.

Qualifications

• Graduate of accredited program and certified as CSTFA or CRNFA or RN First Assistant.
• Minimum of four (4) years related experience in the Operating Room.
• Strong attention to details and high degree of persuasiveness.

Responsibilities

• Assists the operating surgeon in patient care during surgery and performs duties as directed.
• Scrubs in surgery, maintains homeostasis, tissue handling and wound closure.
• Prepares cases with correct equipment and supplies for timely starts.
• Supervises case opening, positioning, catheter placement, prepping and draping for smooth flow.

Skills

Surgical assistance

Operating room experience

Attention to detail

Education

CSTFA certification

CRNFA

RN license

Job description

Job Details

• Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.
• Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.
• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
  

Description

Position Highlights

• Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.
• Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.
• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
  

About Firelands Health

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values: Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.

What You Will Do

• Under the supervision of the Area Director of Surgical Services, the Surgical Assistant assists the operating surgeon in the care of patients in surgery and performs selected duties.
• Surgical Skills: Assists and scrubs in surgery. Maintains homeostasis, handling of tissue, and closing of wound layers as directed by the surgeon.
• Case Preparedness: Prepares for all cases by having the correct working equipment, instrumentation, and supplies.
• Facilitator: Facilitates timely starts by supervising or performing the opening of the case, positioning, catheter placement prepping and draping so that the schedule flows smoothly.
• Self-Education: Maintains and updates self-knowledge and skill of instruments, equipment, and specialty techniques.
• Surgical Environment: Provides a safe, professional and efficient environment for the surgical patient, maintaining asepsis and knowledge of anatomy and physiology as it relates to the surgical procedure.
• Maintains established company/hospital policies, procedures, directives, quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control standards appropriate to this position.
• Represents FRMC to the community. Acts as an ambassador and advocate for FRMC.
  

What You Will Need

• CSTFA or RN. Candidate must have or be working toward being a graduate of an accredited program and certified as a Certified Surgical Technician Certified First Assist (CSTCFA) or a Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA).
• Minimum of four (4) years related experience in the Operating Room.
• Strong attention to details, high degree of persuasiveness.