First Assistant Certified - Main OR - Full Time

Williamson Health; Spring Hill (TN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Williamson Health is seeking a surgical professional to plan, implement, and evaluate patient care across various specialties. The role requires immediate on-call response, strong under-pressure performance, and independence with flexibility in applying nursing knowledge.

The candidate should have First Assist or scrub tech background, with the ability to communicate in English and work up to 12 hours per shift, lifting up to 250 lbs with assistance when necessary.

Qualifications

• Must respond to hospital within thirty minutes for on call requirements.
• Ability to work well under pressure and adapt in varied surgical settings.
• Communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing.
• Lifting and assisting patients up to 250 lbs with assistance.
• Experience as a First Assistant or scrub tech preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with surgical team to coordinate patient care in a timely manner.
• Provides emotional and psychosocial support to patient and family.
• Maintains a sterile field using aseptic techniques and documents corrections.
• Positions patient safely according to surgeon and policy.
• Controls OR environment and adheres to sanitation policies.
• Transports and prepares medications and solutions per procedures.
• Utilizes supplies cost-effectively and documents charges accurately.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Ability to work under pressure

On-call readiness

English communication

Team collaboration

Flexibility

Education

High school graduate

First Assist experience

Scrub tech experience (1 year)

Tools

Omnicell Medication System

Amsco Flash Autoclave

Network computer system

AT&T Language Line

Job description

Plans, implements, and evaluates surgical patient care in a timely and accurate manner.

Position Requirements

• High school graduate.
• Must respond to hospital within thirty minutes for "on call" requirements.
• Previous First Assist experience or one year scrub tech experience
• Perioperative Care
• The ability to work well under pressure, to function dependently and independently and to be flexible in applying basic nursing knowledge to a variety of setting. Equipment for the following surgical specialties: general, AEM; genitourinary, lithotripsy; ophthalmologic/Phacoemulsification/I&A; plastic; orthopedic/Andrews table/total joint replacement/Captain's Chair/ spinal fixation cases; ENT; obstetric/gynecologic; vascular; oral; Amsco Flash Autoclave; Network computer system, Omnicell Medication System, AT&T Language Line.
• A surgical unit with patient population ranging from less than one year of age> ninety-nine plus years of age.
• Requires the ability to communicate in English orally and in writing.
• Requires prolonged standing and working for up to twelve hours a day.
• Constantly required to push/pull objects up to 175 lbs.
• Requires the ability to lift and turn patients, with assistance, up to 250 lbs.

Key Results

• Collaborates with appropriate surgical team members to effectively coordinate the delivery of patient care in a timely manner.
• Assists with providing emotional and psychosocial support for patient and family.
• Creates and maintains a sterile field by using principles of aseptic practice in varying situations, initiates corrective action when break in technique occurs, communicates/documents maintenance of sterile field.
• Anticipates and provides safe anatomical positioning based on the needs of the patient and surgeon in accordance to policy and procedure.
• Assists with control of the OR Suite environment (temperature, humidity, and sensory) maintain traffic patterns, and adheres to OR sanitation policies.
• Handles/ transports/ prepares medications/ solutions safely and in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates responsibility for cost containment using supplies judiciously and documents patient charges completely and accurately.
• Maintain position specific qualification
• Other duties as assigned