Baptist Health Medical Group
Certified Surgical Assistant
Surgical Asst. Pool
St. Matthews area
Full Time/First Shift
The Surgical First Assist in general surgery assists the supervising surgeon(s) in the management of patients under the direct supervision of the surgeon(s). The Surgical First Assist works closely and assists the surgeon in providing quality, efficient and continuous and cost-effective care in the operating room as well as in the medical office setting.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities: The following is a summary of the major functions of this individual's job. He or she may perform other duties, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below, and specific functions may change from time to time.
Assist surgeon(s) in Intra-operative care –
First and second assist to the surgeon(s) in the operating room adhering to all surgical standards including aseptic techniques and protocols.
Assist in preparation of patient for procedure.
Closure of incisions as delegated by the attending surgeon.
On-call availability for after-hours/weekend surgical cases
Assist surgeon in the medical office -
Provides assistance to the surgeon in the office setting including rooming patients, interviewing and documenting history and physical exam, post-op wound checks and suture removal.
Other office duties as requested or assigned by the surgeon(s) and/or practice manager.
Minimum Education, Training and Experience Required:
Licensed Surgical First Assist in good standing.
To be eligible for a certificate a person shall hold and maintain certification by one (1) of the following:
The National Surgical Assistant Association; or The Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical Technologists
3-5 years' experience as Surgical First Assist in general surgery cases strongly preferred.
Certified Surgical Assistant, Surgery, RN-FA, Clinic, Medical Office
Work Experience
Education
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.
Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.
Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.
Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.
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