Surgical First Assist Certified

St. Luke’s Health – Memorial Lufkin is a 279 bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system. Serving East Texas, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin provides more than a quarter of a million patient services annually and contributes millions of dollars in local charity care and community support. We’re the area’s first Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Center, with board-certified neurologists and neurosurgeons offering full-spectrum stroke care. Nationally recognized as a HealthCare Center of Excellence, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin offers compassionate, comprehensive health care, including off-campus rehab and outpatient facilities and services. In addition to its large emergency department, there are 32 private rooms, dedicated imaging and OBGYN, wound care, infusion and lab services.

As a Surgical First Assistant, you will provide critical patient care by directly assisting the surgeon during operative procedures, working under their immediate direction. You will instrumental in ensuring a safe surgical experience through technical support for exposure, hemostasis, and wound closure.

Every day you will collaborate closely with the surgical team, performing duties under the guidance of the operating surgeon, circulating nurse, and reporting to your designated Team Leader. This involves a range of assigned tasks to support the surgical process effectively.

To be successful, you will demonstrate exceptional technical proficiency in assisting the surgeon, maintaining acute awareness of the surgical field and patient safety.

• Assumes the responsibility for providing surgical assistance under the direct supervision and direction of the operating surgeon.
• The CFA function as interdisciplinary team member to provide a safe surgical environment with optimal outcomes for the patient.
• Practices in collaboration with and at the direction of the surgeon during the intraoperative phase of the patient's perioperative experience.
• Under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, the CFA can assist with the other patient care activities

• High School Graduate or GED
• Minimum of two (2) years of surgical experience
• Certified Surgical First Assistant NASC (CFA-NASC) OR Certified Surgical First Assistant (CFA) OR Certified First Assistant - Certified Surgical Technologists (CST/CSFA)
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days