Surgical Assistant

Role: Certified Surgical First AssistantLocation: Hendersonville, TNDuration: Permanent with BenefitsShift: Days, 10 hr. or 12 hr. shifts

Additional Benefits:Sign on Bonus / Relocation Bonus: Will be discussed during Interview.

Job Summary.• The certified first assistant is an active member of the healthcare team in the operating room.• Responsible for assisting the healthcare team in assessing the needs of the patients, infancy through life span, and for organizing and planning care sufficient to meet identified needs during the preoperative and intra-operative phase.• Pre-operative patient management includes but not limited to, communicating with other healthcare providers regarding the patients' plan of care.• Intra-operatively, included but not limited to, using instruments/medical devices, providing exposure, handling and/or cutting tissue, providing hemostasis and suturing.• The CFA may be asked to precept/mentor others within his/her realm of expertise.

What qualifications you will need?• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.• Certification as a First Assistant (NBSTSA; CSFA certification or NSAA; NCCSA certification) We do not accept the ABSA certification.• High School Diploma/GED• 1 yr. OR CST exp required.

Additional Information:• 10 OR rooms• 150 Bed Facility• Level II NICU• Leap Frog; Patient Safety Grade A• Healthgrades America's 250 Best Hospitals AwardTM (2023, 2022) - Top 5% in the nation for consistently delivering clinical quality.• Certified Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission• Certified Chest Pain Center by the Joint Commission• Total Knee and Total Hip Disease Specific Certifications by the Joint Commission• JCAHO accredited.