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Surgical Assistant

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Job Title: Surgical Assistant - Orthopedic Experience Required

Platinum Medical Staffing is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Surgical Assistant to join our team. As a Surgical Assistant, you will be responsible for assisting in operations, under the supervision of surgeons.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons
  • Verify the identity of patients or operative sites
  • Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures
  • Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field
  • Coordinate or participate in the positioning of patients, using body stabilizing equipment or protective padding to provide appropriate exposure for the procedure or to protect against nerve damage or circulation impairment
  • Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment
  • Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings
  • Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers
  • Discuss with surgeons the nature of the surgical procedure, including operative consent, methods of operative exposure, diagnostic or laboratory data, or patient-advanced directives or other needs
  • Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures
  • Clamp, ligate, or cauterize blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry, using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, or electrocautery equipment
  • Assess skin integrity or other body conditions upon completion of the procedure to determine if damage has occurred from body positioning
  • Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events
  • Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies
  • Operate sterilizing devices
  • Pass instruments or supplies to surgeons during procedures
  • Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood
  • Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems
  • Assist members of the surgical team with gowning or gloving
  • Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies
  • Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature
  • Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications
  • Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices
  • Transport patients to operating rooms
  • Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patients for surgery
  • Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins
  • Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain
  • Insert or remove urinary bladder catheters
  • Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques
  • Maintain scheduling communications with the appropriate internal and external persons
  • Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements:
  • Minimum two (2) years' experience working in an ambulatory or surgical setting
  • Possess an ability to function in a high-stress, physically demanding setting
  • Knowledge of healthcare regulations and preventative measures (HIPAA confidentiality, infection spread, etc.)
  • Exemplary customer service experience, including client relationships and job knowledge
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to exercise manual dexterity, control precision, and arm-hand steadiness accurately
  • Ability to be empathetic with patients; ability to maintain confidentiality
Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee must be able to communicate and follow directions well.

The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.

The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.