Surgery Assistant

Saint Francis Hospital, Inc.; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Francis Hospital, Inc. is seeking a Surgery Assistant to transport patients to operating rooms, assist surgeons and circulating nurses with positioning, and perform environmental tasks to keep the surgical suite clean and stocked.

Excellent communication, attention to patient safety, and the ability to work independently or with a team in a fast-paced setting are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• No formal degree required; HS diploma or GED preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to demonstrate strong personal accountability and adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Transports patients to operating rooms and assists with patient safety.
• Assists with patient positioning and prep, ensuring skin integrity and sterile technique.
• Assists the surgical team by holding retractors and cameras as directed by the surgeon.
• Performs environmental activities to maintain a clean and orderly surgical suite.
• Identifies the correct patient to verify specific information using strong interpersonal skills.
• Ensures supplies are stocked and sterile.
• Maintains a sterile environment throughout procedures.

Skills

Microsoft 365

Clear communication

Critical thinking

Accountability

Independent work

Team collaboration

Job description

This position is ECB status – requires a minimum number of worked hours per month as needed by the department; limited benefit offerings.

Job Summary

The Surgery Assistant transports patients to operating rooms, assists surgeons and circulating nurses with patient positioning. This role performs environmental tasks including cleaning the operating rooms and equipment; and ensures supplies are stocked.

Minimum Education

None. High School diploma, or GED, preferred.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification

None.

Work Experience

None.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of Microsoft 365 and other applicable software. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal that present clear and concise information. Ability to utilize critical thinking skills. Ability to demonstrate a strong sense of personal accountability. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities with competing deadlines. Sound ability to maintain professional and courteous and demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in adynamic work environment.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Performs independent procedural tasks such as transporting patients while ensuring patient safety.
• Assists with patient positioning and prep in a manner that demonstrates knowledge and ensures patient safety, skin integrity and sterile technique.
• Assists the surgical team utilizing knowledge of sterile technique to hold retractors and cameras as directed by the surgeon.
• Performs environmental activities to maintain a clean and orderly surgical suite.
• Identifies correct patient to verify specific information utilizing strong interpersonal skills and abilities.
• Ensures supplies are stocked and sterile.
• Assists with maintaining a sterile environment.

Decision Making

Independent judgment in making minor decisions where alternatives are limited and standard policies/protocols have been established.

Working Relationships

Works directly with patients and/or customers. Works with internal and/or external customers via telephone or face to face interaction. Works with other healthcare professionals and staff.

Special Job Dimensions

None.

Supplemental Information

This document generally describes the essential functions of the job and the physical demands required to perform the job. This compilation of essential functions and physical demands is not all inclusive nor does it prohibit the assignment of additional duties.

Surgery - Yale Campus Location

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136

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EOE Protected Veterans/Disability Saint Francis is a Catholic, not-for-profit Health system based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We are the largest private employer in Eastern Oklahoma with over 12,000 employees, including 1,000 physicians. The health system is anchored by the 1,112-bed Saint Francis Hospital, the largest hospital in Oklahoma and the 11th largest in the nation. Our system also includes hospitals in south Tulsa, Muskogee and Vinita, as well as 110 Warren Clinic locations from Monkey Island to McAlester, northeastern Oklahoma's only children's hospital, a level IV neonatal intensive care unit, a 168-bed heart hospital, and Tulsa's leading trauma and emergency center.