Surgery Assistant

Overview

As a Surgery Assistant, your strong detail orientation and multi‑tasking skills will be valuable in our fast‑paced, high‑volume environment. You’ll assist the peri‑operative team in ensuring that surgery proceeds smoothly on a day‑to‑day basis.

• Greets patients and visitors in a prompt, courteous and helpful manner
• Assists personnel in pre‑op and post‑op as directed by surgeon, anesthesia provider and/or nurse
• Disconnects patient from monitors in pre‑op then moves patient into surgery suite, hooks patient up to monitors and oxygen
• Assists with operating room turnover and room closure
• Provides nourishment to patients as directed by the RN
• Assists nurse in pre‑op with hooking up patient to monitors
• Performs tasks necessary to function as part of the patient care team and keep surgery flowing smoothly such as: making beds, emptying trash, putting away supplies, etc.
• Assists with prepping of the surgical site
• Makes pre‑ and post‑operative patient phone calls as needed
• Stocks patient nourishment refrigerator
• Reports any malfunctioning equipment/instruments to supervisor
• Maintains infection control guidelines
• Performs any and all duties as assigned

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Customer Service Experience
• One‑year medical office and/or surgery experience preferred
• CPR certification
• Experience in Ophthalmology is a plus
• Detail oriented, reliable and able to multi‑task in a fast‑paced, high‑volume work environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Flexible schedule Monday‑Friday
• This is a Safety Sensitive position

Your health, happiness and your future matters! At AVP, we offer everything from medical and dental insurance, significant eye care discounts, child care assistance, pet insurance, continuing education funds, 401(k), paid holidays, PTO, Sick Time, opportunity for growth, and much more!