Join OhioHealth as a Certified First Assistant in Surgery, where you will provide essential support to surgeons during operations, ensuring patient safety and optimal results. This full-time night shift position offers a chance to make a significant impact in a caring environment.
Key Responsibilities
Assist the surgeon with exposure, hemostasis, and other technical skills
Provide wound exposure using retractors
Maintain a dry field of operation using suction and sponges
Ensure hemostasis using clamps, cautery, and ligation
Complete closure of fascia, subcutaneous tissue, and skin under the surgeon's direction
Assume additional tasks as assigned by the supervising physician
Required Qualifications
Associate's Degree in Surgical Technology
BLS - Basic Life Support certification
CST - Certified Surgical Tech
2 years as a Surgical Tech in an inpatient/OP main OR
Preferred Qualifications
Preceptor experience
Demonstrated critical thinking skills
Competence in 4-6 service lines including advanced orthopedics, soft tissue robotics, complex cardiovascular, or neurosurgery
Benefits & Perks
$7,500 sign-on bonus with a one-year work commitment