Job Description
Position Highlights:
As defined by the American College of Surgeons, the surgical assistant provides aid in exposure, hemostasis, closure, and other intraoperative technical functions that help the surgeon carry out a safe operation with optimal results for the patient. The Certified Surgical Tech/Certified First Assistant (CST/CFA) is under direct and immediate supervision of a surgeon and performs in accordance with hospital policy and appropriate laws and regulations. The CST/CFA may take a scrub role when not needed as a first assistant.
The Ideal Candidate will have:
- Associate’s Degree
- Minimum 3 years’ operating scrub experience in majority of surgical services lines
- Completion of a CAAHEP-accredited surgical assistant program
Responsibilities:
- Assist the surgeon in performing a safe operation with optimal results for the patient.
- Assist with positioning, prepping and draping of the patient or perform these actions independently if so directed by the surgeon.
- Perform intraoperative tissue manipulation by exposing the retracting tissue.
- Assist with completion of procedures by affixing and stabilizing drains and dressings.
Credentials and Qualifications:
- High School Diploma/GED
- Certified Surgical Tech (CST)
- Certified First Assistant (CFA)
- BLS
Mission To create a Moffitt culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion as we strive to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer. Vision To advance and accelerate a culture of access, equity, and inclusion. Diversity is a priority at Moffitt and is meant "to promote a culture of diversity and inclusion as we contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer." The Enterprise Equity Department focuses its efforts on eliminating those obstacles to an individual’s ability to exist within their personal comfort zone at the cancer center. Everyone is important to meeting this priority. Addressing and responding to diversity and inclusion fosters an environment where mutual respect for diverse cultures, communication styles, languages, customs, beliefs, values, traditions, experiences and other ways in which we identify ourselves, is the expectation.
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