Job Summary: Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates care for all age patients in operating room. Provides care within nursing standards of practice and the policies of the Center. Makes decisions regarding direct patient care needs and communicates appropriate information to physicians, patients, family members, and personnel in other departments as well as team members. May have additional responsibilities as designated by the Nurse Manager of the Operating Room and/or Director of Nursing, which include, but are not limited to, serving on committees, participating in quality improvement audits and projects.

Position Summary:

Functions as a first assistant during surgical incision, excision, and repair of pathology and throughout the perioperative period on procedures for which privileges have been granted. Supports the mission, vision, and values of the organization.

Job Title:Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA)

Reporting Relationship:Reports to OR Director.

Primary Responsibilities:

1.Provide competent and ethical care within legal standards of practice as applicable to the CSFA.

Preoperative Role:

1. Participate in preoperative assessment and planning for selected surgical patients in collaboration with the health team members in the preoperative location.

Intraoperative Role:

1. Recognize safety hazards and initiate appropriate preventative and corrective actions.
2. Provide exposure through appropriate use of instruments, retractors, suctioning, and sponging techniques.
3. Handle and dissect tissues in collaboration with the surgeon.
4. Clamp blood vessels, coagulate bleeding points, ligate vessels, and perform other procedures in collaboration with the surgeon.
5. Suture muscle, fascia, subcutaneous, and skin tissue in collaboration with the surgeon.
6. Place drains as surgically indicated.
7. Assist with cannulation and decanulation procedures, if indicated.

Postoperative Role:

1. Follow selected surgical patients postoperatively in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.

2.Serve as an educator, mentor, consultant, and resource to colleagues and other health care professionals in relation to CSFA activities.

3.Work as a professional colleague with the perioperative team and influence multidisciplinary relationships by enhancing collaborative processes.

4.Maintain regulatory, credentialing, and privileging requirements.

5.Complete CSFA-specific competencies.

6.Pursue professional growth related to both perioperative nursing and CSFA practice and participate in a professional organization.

Qualifications: Graduate of a certified surgical first assistant program. Currently licensed in the state, if required.CPR required, advanced life support certification required.One year experience required intra-operative setting.Demonstrates clinical competency, leadership, and teaching capabilities. Physically and emotionally capable of performing responsibilities of position.Additional requirements include:

• Excellent knowledge of surgical anatomy, physiology, and operative technique
• Completion of an CSFA Program
• Completion of credentialing process or employment process

Preferred:

• Two years perioperative services experience
• Ortho experience

What We Offer

• Competitive wages 
• Opportunities to better yourself professionally 
• Health, Dental & Vision Coverage 
• 401(k) retirement plan 
• Paid Time Off (PTO) 
• Company Paid Holidays 
• Employee Assistance Programs 
• Health Savings Account/ Flexible Spending Account 
• Education Assistance 
• Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability Insurance 
• Travel Assistance when 100+ miles from home for business or vacation 
• Free parking

Who We Are

At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and health care systems to provide first class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.

USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.

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Education and/or Experience:Graduate of an approved school of nursing. Currently licensed in the state.CPR required, advanced life support certification required.One year experience required intra-operative setting. Ortho experience preferred.  Demonstrates clinical competency, leadership, and teaching capabilities. Physically and emotionally capable of performing responsibilities of position.

Physical Demands:Shall be physically able to stand, walk, and maintain varied body motions and positions for long periods of time.Demonstrates manual and finger dexterity as well as hand eye coordination.Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients.The employee shall be able to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects or tools.The employee is required to stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.Shall be able to hear and speak, may have corrected vision and hearing to within normal range.Physically demanding, high stress environment with exposure to exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, radiation and repetitive motions Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 pounds.Position require irregular work hours including call.