Surgical First Assistant

We believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness. 

St. Anthony Hospital is a Level I trauma center, which allows the Perioperative Department to see a wide range of patient needs and acuity levels. We are unique in the community because have a designated trauma room that is at the ready 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The trauma room (T-10) allows for the facility to triage any patient meeting specific criteria in an operating room, bypassing the ED, and has a designated response team of approximately eight different units with unique roles during a trauma team activation allowing prompt immediate surgical intervention within minutes of arrival by our partners in EMS and Flight for Life.

The surgical unit itself has 17 rooms including the trauma room, a hybrid room, designated cardiac OR and a Cystoscopy room. We have two DaVinci Xi Robotic systems allowing us to provide robotically assisted procedures in general, urology, gynecology and thoracic specialties. Currently there are 17 different specialties provided here at SAH including trauma, neuro, ortho, general, cardiac, vascular, ENT, plastics, urology, GYN, thoracic, and more. Our caseload for 2019 was 5,859 procedures in this unit alone. We have one specialized team for cardiac, all other employees are cross-trained for all remaining specialties allowing for increased knowledge base of surgical procedures, skill level and ability to cover any patient care needs.

We offer various shifts and schedule opportunities so associates can maintain a positive work-life balance. Self-scheduling has recently been implemented.

 If you are a team-player searching for a friendly, fast-paced, professional work environment, look no further! Join our team"!- Hiring Manager- 

You have a purpose, unique talents and now is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. This is the heartbeat of our organization and your time will be spent in a supportive, team environment with resources to help you flourish and leaders who care about your success.

Day to Day Duties :

• Act as a Surgical First Assistant on surgeries.
• Work closely with the surgeon in a hands-on capacity, helping the surgeon by handling vital tasks such as prepping the patient for surgery, providing suturing, clamping, removing scar tissue and positioning patients during surgery to ensure a safe operation. 
• Handing instruments to surgeons, anticipating surgeon’s needs.
• Maintaining and updating preference cards.
• Perform preoperative and post operative care as directed by surgeon to facilitate proper patient care
• Must be able and willing to function as a CST when volumes are low for SA needs

17 OR Suites including 1 trauma room, a hybrid Room, Designated CVOR and a Cystoscopy Suite-450-500+/ month

Schedule- 40hr/wk-Days -variable days per surgical volume and current unit needs.

Call Required- approx. 4 call shifts in 6 week schedule block. Typically no weekend call unless covering team members PTO. 

30 Min Callback radius required

In addition to bringing your whole self to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• Three years operating room experience
• General knowledge of asepsis, healing, infectious disease process, surgical
  anatomy and physiology, safety issues and operative techniques
• Graduate from an accredited Surgical Assistant program required
• Certified as a one of the following: Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA) by NBSTSA; Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA) by NSAA; Surgical Assistant–Certified (SAC) by ABSA
• Registered through DORA as a Colorado Surgical Assistant or Surgical Technologist
• License upon hire unless performing Surgical Assistant duties within the scope of another active Colorado license, certification, or registration (required for Colorado
  employed staff only)
• BLS from the American Heart Association required

Physical Requirements - Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)