Perioperative Surgical Specialist

6 days ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Humboldt Park Health Full time

At Humboldt Park Health, we are seeking a highly skilled Perioperative Surgical Specialist to join our team. This is a full-time position with a salary range of $32.00 per hour bi-weekly.

Job Summary

This role involves working as a first or second assistant in surgical procedures, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of perioperative patients. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, be able to work collaboratively with the surgical team, and provide exceptional patient care.

About the Role

The Perioperative Surgical Specialist will be responsible for:

  • Positioning patients based on instructions from surgeons, including tasks such as padding specific pressure points, ensuring circulation is not impeded, protecting nerves, utilizing fracture tables and head/body stabilizers, and any other necessary equipment.
  • Ensuring proper temperature of patients and discussing it with anesthesia personnel and methods employed to maintain the desired temperature range.
  • Providing visualization of the operative site by appropriate placement and securing of retractors with or without padding, packing with sponges, digital manipulation of tissue suctioning, irrigating, or sponging manipulation of suture materials (e.g., loops, tags, running sutures)
  • Utilizing techniques to assist with hemostasis including permanent, clamping and/or cauterizing vessels or tissue, tying and/or ligating clamped vessels or tissue, applying hemostatic clips and placing local hemostatic agents, applying tourniquets, vessel loops non-crushing clamps and direct digital pressure demonstrating awareness of the indications/contraindications for use with knowledge of side effects of extended use
  • Participating in volume replacement or auto transfusion techniques
  • Assisting surgeons with closure of body planes and applying appropriate dressings and drainage systems.
Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

  • Medical benefits through BSBS Network/VSP
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Retirement Plan-403b (non-for profit) with matching contributions
  • Tuition Reimbursement with restrictions
  • Public service Loan forgiveness Program -Federal Student Loans ONLY (We are a qualified co.)
  • We're on Americorps list of qualified hospitals (nurse grant)
  • BLS, CPI Trainings-onsite no charge
  • Carebridge-(EAP)
  • PTO accrual
  • Park for free
  • Updated nurses picnic area to enjoy
  • Gym/Wellness Center discount rates for employees


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