About this role
0.6 FTE- Day/Evening Shifts $5,000.00 sign on bonus with work commitment
Starting wage - $37.14 - $55.71 (based on experience)
Offers for external candidates are generally made between the minimum and midpoint of the range, based on experience.
Qualifications:
• Graduate of a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Program (CAAHEP) Surgical Assistant program or NSAA-approved Mayo Clinic Program
• Certified as a Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA) through the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) or National Commission for the Certification of Surgical Assistants (NCCSA)
• Previous operating room experience or training within the past 3 years preferred
• BLS certified within 90 days of hire
Job Responsibilities:
• Provides visualization of the operative site.
• Utilizes appropriate techniques to assist with hemostasis.
• Utilizes appropriate techniques in closure of body planes.
• Selects and applies appropriate wound dressings.
• Provides assistance in securing drainage system to tissue.
• Participates in volume replacement or auto transfusion techniques as appropriate.
• Assists with positioning the patient.
• May prepare the skin for procedure (shave and prep).
• May insert bladder catheter.
• May act as a scrub technician per staffing needs.
• May retrieve patients from pre-operative area.
• Demonstrates open communication; team oriented.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Maintains ongoing self-development.
• Acts in a professional manner.
• Lifting, pushing, and pulling instruments and pans throughout the sterilization process.
• Performs repetitive motions throughout shift.
• Other duties as assigned.