Licensed Surgical Assistant - Full-Time & Prn

Bighorn Law; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Avant First Assistants, LLC is seeking a Licensed Surgical First Assistant to join our perioperative team in Sugar Land and Cypress, Texas. You will provide advanced intraoperative first-assisting support and collaborate with surgeons to enhance efficiency, safety, and patient outcomes.

We seek professionals with strong clinical judgment, adaptability, and a collaborative approach, who can thrive in a fast-paced operating room across diverse surgical specialties.

Qualifications

• Strong clinical judgment and technical proficiency in the operating room.
• Ability to anticipate surgeon's needs and adapt to changing clinical situations.
• Excellent communication and teamwork in a high-pressure environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced intraoperative first-assisting support.
• Collaborate with surgeons and multidisciplinary teams across various specialties.
• Contribute to patient safety and exceptional clinical outcomes.

Skills

Clinical judgment

Technical proficiency

Anticipation

Adaptability

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

Join Avant First Assistants as a Licensed Surgical First Assistant | Sugar Land & Cypress, Houston, TX

Avant First Assistants, LLC is seeking a highly skilled, dependable, and motivated Licensed Surgical First Assistant to join our growing team in Sugar Land and Cypress, Texas.

As a Surgical First Assistant with Avant, you will be an integral member of the perioperative team, providing advanced intraoperative first-assisting support while contributing directly to surgical efficiency, patient safety, and exceptional clinical outcomes. You will work alongside experienced surgeons and multidisciplinary surgical teams in dynamic hospital environments across a variety of surgical specialties.

At Avant, our Surgical First Assistants are more than an extra set of hands in the operating room—they are trusted surgical professionals whose expertise, judgment, anticipation, and technical skills make a meaningful difference in every case.

We are looking for professionals who demonstrate strong clinical judgment, technical proficiency, anticipation, adaptability, communication, and teamwork. The ideal candidate is confident in the operating room, performs effectively under pressure, anticipates the surgeon’s needs, adapts to changing clinical situations, and consistently maintains the highest standards of professionalism and patient safety.

Our team supports a diverse range of surgical specialties, providing opportunities for experienced Surgical First Assistants to expand their clinical capabilities, strengthen their expertise, and continue developing professionally.

Avant First Assistants is built on a culture of Integrity, Safety, Professionalism, Accountability, Compassion, Excellence, and Innovation. Our approach to surgical performance is further guided by our ACE Success Pillars: Anticipation, Confidence, and Efficiency—qualities we believe distinguish exceptional Surgical First Assistants.

We are equally committed to teamwork and professional growth. We value individuals who communicate respectfully, support their colleagues, accept constructive feedback, remain flexible as clinical and scheduling needs evolve, and understand that exceptional surgical care depends on the coordinated performance of the entire perioperative team.

At Avant, we believe talented surgical professionals should have the opportunity to continue growing. We support our team members through ongoing clinical development, expanded surgical opportunities, mentorship, increased responsibility, and opportunities for career advancement as our organization continues to grow.

If you are passionate about surgery, take pride in your clinical skills, thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative surgical environment, and are looking for an organization that recognizes your contribution and supports your professional development, we invite you to grow your career with Avant First Assistants.

Your expertise is valued. Your development is supported. Your contribution matters—every case, every patient, every day.