Surgical First Assistant - OR Support (PRN)

UF Health; St. Augustine South (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

UF Health Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine, FL is seeking a Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA) to support the operative team in the Operating Room.

Under direct supervision, you will assist the surgeon with exposure, hemostasis, tissue handling, and instrument placement; you will not operate independently. Qualified candidates have a GED or high school diploma, CSFA certification, BLS, and 1–2 years surgical technology experience; the role requires readiness for on-call duties and

Qualifications

• Required Education: GED or High School Diploma
• Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA) from The National Board of Surgical Technology Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) or American Board of Surgical Assistants (ABSA)
• BLS from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Required Experience: 1-2 years surgical technology experience
• Preferred Experience: 1-2 years surgical first assist experience

Responsibilities

• The certified surgical first assistant (CSFA) in a surgical operation is a trained individual who is able to participate in and actively assist the surgeon in completing the operation safely and expeditiously by helping to provide exposure, maintain hemostasis, and other technical functions. The CSFA helps surgeons to make incisions and close surgical sites, manipulate or remove tissues, implant surgical devices or drains, suction the surgical site, place catheters, clamp or cauterize vessels or tissue, and apply dressings to the surgical site. These individuals are not authorized to operate independently.
• Under direct supervision the surgical first assistant may maintain hemostasis by direct pressure, use and application of appropriate surgical instruments for the task, placement of ties and suture ligatures, application of chemical or electrical hemostatic agents/methods, or other measures as directed by the surgeon.
• Under direct supervision by the surgeon, the CSFA may retract, clamp, and/or cut tissue, close all wound layers (fascia, subcutaneous and skin), assist in patient positioning, prepping, draping, injection of local anesthetic, insertion of trocars, preparation of grafts, appropriate use of suturing and stapling devices.
• Must be able to scrub, gown and glove self by using open and closed gloving technique.
• Follows hospital policy and procedures, directives, quality and risk management initiatives, safety, environmental, and infection prevention standards appropriate to this position. The CSFA will be required to take call as needed and/or stay to the conclusion of assigned cases.
• All other duties as assigned by supervisor within job scope.

Skills

OR fundamentals

Patient care

Medical terminology

Disease knowledge

Teamwork

Adaptability

Education

GED or High School Diploma

Job description

UF Health Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine, FL is seeking a Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA) to support the operative team in the Operating Room.

Under direct supervision, you will assist the surgeon with exposure, hemostasis, tissue handling, and instrument placement; you will not operate independently. Qualified candidates have a GED or high school diploma, CSFA certification, BLS, and 1–2 years surgical technology experience; the role requires readiness for on-call duties and