First Assistant Certified - Main OR - Full Time
On-siteJackson, Tennessee, United States
Job Summary
Plan, implement, and evaluate surgical patient care in a timely and accurate manner across specialties including general, orthopedic, ENT, and vascular. Collaborate with the surgical team to coordinate care, create and maintain sterile fields using aseptic principles, and ensure safe anatomical positioning based on patient and surgeon needs. Assist with emotional support, control the OR environment, and manage medications and supplies safely. Respond to hospital on-call requirements within thirty minutes. Requires prolonged standing, lifting patients up to 250 lbs, and pushing objects up to 175 lbs. Work up to twelve hours daily.
Required Qualifications
- High school graduate
- Must respond to hospital within thirty minutes for on call requirements
- Previous First Assist experience or one year scrub tech experience
- The ability to work well under pressure, to function dependently and independently and to be flexible in applying basic nursing knowledge to a variety of setting
- Equipment for the following surgical specialties: general, AEM; genitourinary, lithotripsy; ophthalmologic/Phacoemulsification/I&A; plastic; orthopedic/Andrews table/total joint replacement/Captain's Chair/ spinal fixation cases; ENT; obstetric/gynecologic; vascular; oral; Amsco Flash Autoclave; Network computer system, Omnicell Medication System, AT&T Language Line
- A surgical unit with patient population ranging from less than one year of age> ninety-nine plus years of age
- Requires the ability to communicate in English orally and in writing
- Requires prolonged standing and working for up to twelve hours a day
- Constantly required to push/pull objects up to 175 lbs
- Requires the ability to lift and turn patients, with assistance, up to 250 lbs
- Maintain position specific qualification
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