Surgical Assistant

Cleveland Clinic; Elkton (MD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital in Dover, OH is seeking a Surgical Assistant to join a multidisciplinary operating room team. You will scrub in, determine equipment, and assist with procedures across service lines, ensuring sterile technique and patient safety.

Ideal candidates have an accredited Surgical Assistant program completion, SBLS, and certification within the first year. This PRN role offers flexible days and on-call responsibilities within a world-class healthcare system.

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree required for surgical assistant track.
• Graduate of an accredited Surgical Assistant program required.
• CSFA/CSA/SA-C certification within first year of hire required.
• BLS certification from AHA or Red Cross.
• Two years peri-operative practice in acute care facility.

Responsibilities

• Scrub in and assist with procedures across service lines.
• Determine equipment needed and ensure sterile technique.
• Assist with cauterizing, clamping and tissue cutting.
• Maintain sterile field and assist with patient positioning.
• Act as patient advocate and follow universal safety protocols.

Education

Associate’s Degree

Graduate of an accredited Surgical Assistant program

CSFA or CSA or SA-C certification

BLS Certification

Two years peri-operative practice

Job description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

Surgical Assistant

Location

Dover

Facility

Union Hospital

Department

OR-Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital

Job Code

Q2501M

Shift

Days + Call

Schedule

6:30am-7:30pm/7:00am-3:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital and experience world class healthcare at its best. Located in Dover, Ohio, the award-winning not-for-profit Union Hospital serves the communities of eastern Ohio. Here, you will be part of a talented, compassionate, and driven team of caregivers,workwithstate-of-the-arttechnology andprovidestellar patient care.

Union Hospital offers a wide range of surgical services.Whether patientsrequireminimally invasive procedures or major surgeries, this surgical teamis dedicated to providingpatients with excellent care in a safe, family-friendly environment.As a Surgical Assistant on the team, you will assistwith critical procedures and tasksrelated to specific training,score,and orientation.Some of your day-to-day tasks will include working across a variety of service lines, scrubbing in,determiningequipment neededfor eachprocedureand cauterizing,clampingand cutting tissue. In this role, you will act as apatient advocate, ensuringsterile technique to preventinfectionsand thatevery qualifyingmeasure is done.Due to this being a PRN role, you will be able to experience a great work-life balance while still having the opportunity to enhance your skills at an elite healthcare organization such as Cleveland Clinic.

APRNcaregiver in this position worksvaryingdays from 6:30AM – 7:30PMor 7:00AM – 3:30PM, with on-calland rotating weekend and holidayrequirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Anticipate the needs of the surgeon and other team members with respect to the requirements for the surgical procedure.

• Use knowledge of OR procedures with respect to attire, infectioncontroland compliance practices.

• Prepare for the procedure or surgery by participating in the performance of the safety check/universal protocol determining the specific equipment needed, reviewing permits to confirm procedures and special needs, assisting in moving and positioning the patient, selecting x-rays for reference, inserting and removing Foley urinary bladder catheterand draping the patient.

• Support the Surgeon during the procedure or surgery by retracting tissue and organs,maintaininghemostasis by direct pressure, use ofappropriate instrumentation, placing ties or ligatures or applying chemical hemostatic agents, using electrocautery mono and bi-polar, clamping and ligating and cutting tissue.

• Maintain integrity of the sterile field, closing all wound layers, inserting drainage tubes, applying wounddressingandassistingwith resuscitation or any other events in the OR.

• Perform any other duties orproceduresincident to the surgical proceduredeemednecessary and directed and supervised by the surgeon.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Associate’s Degree

• Graduate of an accredited Surgical Assistant program

• Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA)through the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA), Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA) through the National Commission for the Certification of Surgical Assistants OR Surgical Assistant – Certified (SA-C) through the American Board of Surgical Assistantswithin the first year of hire

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)or American Red Cross

• Two years of peri-operative practice in an acute care facility

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)or American Red Cross

• Surgical Technologist experience

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and ginger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.

• Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time.

• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.

• Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.

• Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.

• Able to safely transport patients on stretchers to bed using good body mechanics.

• Works extended hours as necessary.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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