Certified Surgical First Assist

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Main OR

The Certified Surgical First Assist performs in the expanded role as a CST First Assistant to the Surgeon, by performing positioning, prepping, and draping of patient, providing hemostasis, providing wound exposure and handling of sutures and tissue under the direction and supervision of the operating surgeon. May perform as a Surgical Technologist when not First Assisting.

• Orthopedic Team - Adult elective, urgent, and emergent care.
• Gold Team - Urology, Thoracic, and Robotics
• Nights/ Weekends/ OR Float Pool

Full Time:
Days, 10- or 12-hour shifts. Additional details to be discussed during department interview.

• This full-time position includes a $20,000 taxable sign-on bonus, distributed in 4 equal payments over two years.
• Note:
  
  This bonus is not available to current VUMC employees or those who have worked at VUMC within the past twelve months.

• Eligible candidates can receive up to $10,000 (taxable) for relocation expenses, payable within 45 days of hire. Bonus amount to be awarded is based on relocation distance.
• To qualify, candidates must relocate from a distance greater than 100 miles.
• Note:
  
  This bonus is not available to current VUMC employees or those who have worked at VUMC within the past twelve months.

Perioperative Services is a multi-disciplinary department with over 800 employees, each playing an integral role in providing exceptional care for our surgical patients throughout their surgical experience.

The department encompasses various areas, including Operating Rooms and Main Campus Intraoperative Service Lines such as Cardiovascular/Transplant (Heart & Lung), OR Float Pool, General Surgery/Transplant (Kidney, Liver, & Pancreas) Black Team, GYN Surgery, Neurosurgery, Nights/Evenings/Weekends, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology/Bronchoscopy, Urology/Robotics (OR Gold Team), and Medical Center East.

• Acts as a member of the operating room team by assisting with the room preparation, setup and clean up.
• Assists with patient positioning to provide access to the operative site while maximizing patient safety and comfort.
• Establishes and maintain a surgically clean environment to reduce the potential for patient infection through the application of the principals of asepsis.
• Initiate appropriate intra operative behaviors unique to first assisting.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

• Required: Graduate of an approved specific discipline OR successful completion of a surgical assistant training program during the applicant's service as a member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States.
• Required: Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Required: Registration with the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners.
• Required: CST or TS-C AND certification from one of the listed issuers below:
• CSFA - Certified Surgical First Assistant - National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA)
• CSA - Certified Surgical Assistant - National Surgical Assistant Association (NSAA)
• CSA
  - Certified Surgical Assistant - National Commission for Certification of Surgical Assistants (NCCSA)

• Surgical Equipment Knowledge (Intermediate):
  Demonstrates mastery of the equipment and related devices. Has solid knowledge of performance criteria. Able to use the equipment to accomplish advanced tasks associated with the specific devices. Easily resolves equipment problems.
• Procedures Knowledge (Intermediate):
  Demonstrates mastery of procedures knowledge in practical applications of a difficult nature. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully delivering procedures knowledge services without requiring support and instruction from others. Able to train and educate by setting the example, giving technical instruction, providing leadership, and generally raising the level of performance of others while on the job.
• Operating Room Care (Intermediate):
  Demonstrates mastery of operating room care in practical applications of a difficult nature. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and…