Surgical Technologist First Assistant - Operating Room, Providence Hospital

USA Health is Transforming Medicine along the Gulf Coast to care for the unique needs of our community. USA Health is changing how medical care, education, and research impact the health of people who live in Mobile and the surrounding area. Our team of doctors, advanced care providers, nurses, therapists, and researchers provides the region's most advanced medicine at multiple facilities, campuses, clinics, and classrooms. We offer patients convenient access to innovative treatments and advancements that improve the health and overall well-being of our community.

• Surgical Technologist - First Assistants provide 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. In addition to intraoperative duties, the Surgical Technologist - First Assistant also performs preoperative and postoperative duties to better facilitate proper patient care. The Surgical Technologist - First Assistant performs these functions during the operation under the direction and supervision of the surgeon and in accordance with hospital policy and appropriate laws and regulations. The role of the Surgical Technologist - First Assistant includes Positioning the patient; Providing visualization of the operative site; Utilizing appropriate techniques to assist with hemostasis; Participating in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques as appropriate; Utilizing appropriate techniques to assist with closure of body planes; Selecting and applying appropriate wound dressings; Providing assistance in securing drainage systems to tissue; Regular and prompt attendance; Ability to work schedule as defined and overtime as required; Related duties as required.
• Completes all mandatory department, educational and hospital requirements
• Adheres to current Infection Control and Safety Standards
• Regular and prompt attendance
• Ability to work schedule as defined and overtime as required
• Related duties as assigned

Employees must be in a regular position, working 20 hours or more per week (.50 FTE or greater) to qualify for benefits.

• High school diploma or equivalent and 3 years of experience as a Certified Surgical Technologist Required
• Completion of a Surgical Assisting program accredited through the Accreditaton Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (ARC/STSA) Required
• Certification by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) as a Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA) Upon Hire Required
• Comparable combination of education and experience may substitute for the above requirements.

The University of South Alabama is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other applicable legally protected basis. EO Employer – minorities/females/veterans/disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.