Job Title: Certified Surgical First Assistant
Profession: CSFA
Specialty: Operating Room
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 10H Days
Hours per Shift: 10 hours
Experience: Minimum 2 years as a CSFA
License: Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) via NBSTSA
Certifications: BLS (AHA)
Must-Have:
- Minimum 2 years experience as a CSFA surgical tech
- BLS (AHA only)
- Active NBSTSA certification
Description:
The Certified Surgical First Assistant is responsible for providing quality care as a member of the healthcare team within the perioperative environment.
This role involves anticipating, planning for, and responding to the needs of the patient, surgeon, and other team members.
The CSFA participates in and actively assists the surgeon in completing operations safely and efficiently.
Key responsibilities include providing exposure, maintaining hemostasis, and performing other technical functions.
Maintaining confidentiality of information regarding patients, families, coworkers, and physicians is essential.
The CSFA must have the ability to set up, pass, and assist on a variety of cases.
Understanding and performing duties of a first assistant in robotic cases is required.
Possibility to be floated to other intradepartmental teams as needed.
Client-owned and rep-provided sterile instrumentation will be utilized.
An abbreviated orientation will be provided with the expectation that an experienced first assist can adapt to various surgeons after a few days in the operating rooms.