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United Surgical Partners International

Certified First Assistant

United Surgical Partners International, Tampa, Florida, us, 33646

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Florida Orthopaedic Institute Surgery Center-Cypress is an Ambulatory Surgery Center in Tampa, Florida.

Ambulatory surgery centers (or outpatient surgery centers) are healthcare facilities where surgical procedures not requiring an overnight hospital stay are performed.

Position Overview

A surgical first assistant plays a vital role in a successful surgical procedure.

They are primarily in charge of assisting surgeons, such as by arranging and handing over tools, holding open incisions, and dressing surgical wounds.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

Cauterizing wounds and vessels

Packing sponges in the body

Positioning the patient to maintain circulation and access for the surgeon

Placing clamps and sutures

Closing skin with adhesives, sutures or staples, etc.

Applying direct pressure on veins and tissue

Performing or aiding in patient suction, drainage, and irrigation

Hemostasis: The stopping of excess bleeding and blood flow

Immobilizing patients on the operating table

Possess a working knowledge of operating room procedures with respect to attire, infection control, sterile technique, maintaining integrity of the sterile field, and draping the surgical patient within the surgeon’s guidelines.

Provide operating room support to physicians and surgeons, including assisting surgeons during procedures and passing required instruments during surgery.

Comply with all HIPAA rules and regulations.

Communicates effectively and courteously with visitors, physicians, and their office staff, patients, and employees. Maintains patient, physician, and employee privacy and confidentiality per policy.

Complies with Policies & Procedures and adheres to safety guidelines to ensure a safe work and patient care environment.

Serves as a resource to other members of the health care team.

What We Offer As a valued member of USPI, your health and well‑being are important to us. We are proud to provide you and your dependents with valuable and significant benefits. USPI knows the value of well‑rounded, balanced employees, which is why we offer a variety of additional benefits to help manage life’s daily stresses.

Competitive wages

Opportunities to better yourself professionally

Health, Dental & Vision Coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Company Paid Holidays

Employee Assistance Programs

Health Savings Account/ Flexible Spending Account

Education Assistance

Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability Insurance

Travel Assistance when 100+ miles from home for business or vacation

Free parking

Who We Are At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and health care systems to provide first class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.

USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.

Required Skills

High School Diploma/GED

Completion of a Surgical Program.

NBSTSA Surgical First Assistant Certification is required.

Two years of Certified Surgical First Assistant experience in multiple specialties or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

Able to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Other skills and abilities:

General familiarity with medical terminology as it pertains to anatomy and surgical procedures in an operating room.

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