Certified Surgical First Asst

Operating Room

Full Time

Day Shift

Sign-On Bonus: Up To 20,000

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first Heart

CARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Allied health professionals who are an integral part of the team of medical practitioners providing surgical care to patients in the operating room. The CSFA practices within expanded role as first assistant during surgical interventions assuming responsibility for advanced surgical assisting skills. The CSFA works under the supervision of the registered nurse to facilitate the safe and effective conduct of invasive and minimally invasive surgical procedures.

The CSFA practices in collaboration with and at the direction of the surgeon during the intraoperative phase of the perioperative experience. "Under the direction of the surgeon" means that the surgeon is within the facility and immediately available if needed. This individual works to ensure that the operating room environment is safe, that equipment functions properly and that the operative procedure is conducted under conditions that maximize patient safety.

A CSFA possesses expertise in the theory and application of sterile and aseptic technique and combines the knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures, and implementation tools and technologies to facilitate a physician's performance of invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.

• Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Minimum Years of
  
  Experience:
  
  2 Years of Diversified Operating Room Experience.
• Substitutable
  
  Education & Experience:
  
  In lieu of 2 Years of Diversified Operating Room Experience, consideration will be given to Licensed RNs approved by Presiding Leadership and Assigned Physician(s). For Approved Licensed RNs, these Candidates will need 2 Years of Clinical Experience.
• Required Certifications/Licensure: Graduate from a NBTSA (National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting) accredited surgical assisting program; RN Licensure or National Surgical Technology Certification through NBSTSA or other Surgical Technology certifications acceptable based on HR Recruitment policy;
  Current Certified Surgical First Assistant certification (CSFA);
  Current CPR certification, BCLS.
• Required Training: Demonstrated knowledge and skill in applying principles of asepsis and infection control;
  Demonstrated knowledge of surgical anatomy, physiology and operative technique relative to operative procedures wherein the CSFA performs;
  Demonstrated skills in behaviors that are unique to functioning as a first assistant.

• Demonstrates competence to provide developmentally appropriate care/treatment for the following populations:
  • Infant (Birth-1yr)
  • Child (1-12 yrs)
  • Adolescent (13-17 yrs)
  • Adult (18-65 yrs)
  • Geriatric (>65 yrs)
• Responsible for all specific duties and responsibilities of a certified Surgical Technologist per Lexington Medical Center job description for Surgical Technologists.
• Perform first assistant responsibilities in accordance with scope of practice as set forth by Association of Surgical Assistants and Lexington Medical Center job description and at the direction of the supervising surgeon.
• Assist in positioning, skin preparation and…