Talent4Health is seeking a travel Surgical First Assistant for a travel job in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Surgical First Assistant
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Start Date: 10/06/2025
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Experience: 2 Years
§ Firs time travelers—Further approval/evaluation from hiring supervisor; Would not recommend for first time travelers
o Patient Ratio: 1:1
· Required Certifications
§ BLS
§ Surgical Assistant from one of the following certifying bodies:
§ National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA)
§ American Board of Surgical Assistants (ABSA)
§ National Commission for the Certification of Surgical Assistants (NCCSA)
· Required Skills: Please ask amount & frequency of specified cases below
o Neuro/ENT
§ Spine Surgeries: Laminectomies, ALIFs, Fusions & Discectomies
§ Cranial Surgeries: Tumors, AVMs/Aneurysms (Not required), VP shunts, Subdural, EVDs (DOES NOT need to know how to set the system up)
§ ENT: Neck dissections with flaps; Sinus Surgery (Stealth Navigation); Basic ENT (Tonsils); Tympanoplasty; Cochlear (Not required)
§ Navigation: Medtronic (Cranial & Spine); Medtronic Stealth (ENT); Stryker & Synaptive Navigation (Cranial)
o Orthopedic
§ Procedures: Fractures, Anterior Hips, Total Knees, Posterior Hips, Ortho Spine (Laminectomy, ALIF, PLIF, Discectomies) Hand, Bone/Soft Tissue Sarcomas, Foot/Ankle, Total Shoulders, Arthroscopy (Shoulder, knee, ankle, wrist)
§ Equipment/Tables: Hanna Table, Jackson Table (open/flat top), Beach Chair (T-Max, Arthrex, Schlein)
§ Positioning Equipment: Stulberg Hip, Spider Arm, Hip Grip, Trimano, Arthrex Shoulder Traction, Peg Board, Arm Boards, Acufex Leg Holder
§ Specialty Equipment: Velys Robot
o General
§ Breasts/Plastics; Vascular; Laparoscopic; General Oncology; Genitourinary (GU); Gynecology (GYN); Robots (XI)
§ *We do not train Agency on Robots unless a strong background and will be here for more than 1 contract*
· Support on the Unit:
o Charge Nurse, Leads, Supervisors (AMs, PMs & Weekend), Manager
· Charting System/Equipment
o EPIC
o Alaris
o Pyxis
· Floating
o Cross trained to General Main OR specialty (regardless of hiring position) and Urology center
o NO floating to other hospitals/sites
Scheduling: nno Days: Variable start times (Anywhere between 5:30am-7am nno PMs: Would depend on what position is being hired for (would be stated in hiring req) nno Weekend Rotation: N/A nno Holidays: If agency wants more information, please contact hiring supervisor nn§ Holiday weeks: Agency can work 4(10hr) shifts OR take the Holiday unpaid nn· On Call nno 30-minute response time nno 8 weeks call schedule- Subject to change based on staffing needs (could be less than suggested below) nn§ General/Neuro nn§ AMs/PMs nn§ EOS call: 10 slots (EOS: End of shift) nn§ Weekend Call: 1-2 weekends (shift depends on specialty) nn§ Ortho nn§ 1 Day each week (Monday through Friday) End of your shift until 0700 nn§ 1 Call weekend every 5 weeks/ or however many Ortho Assistants we have.
About Talent4Health
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