AdventHealth
First Asst Surgical Tech -OR South Overland ParkOverland Park, KS
AdventHealth, Overland Park, Kansas, United States, 66204
First Assistant Surgical Tech
At AdventHealth South Overland Park, our patients find big-city care right here in their close-knit community and a team that works hard every day to live out Christ's example of love and healing. Together, we work tirelessly to provide the services our patients need, including a birth center, 24/7 emergency care, imaging services, women's care, heart care, an intensive care unit, a laboratory, physical therapy services, primary care and surgical specialties. South Overland Park is also a part of a health network that includes AdventHealth College Boulevard, AdventHealth Prairie Star, formerly known as AdventHealth Lenexa, and AdventHealth Shawnee Mission in Merriam, allowing us to extend care throughout the region that helps patients feel whole, body, mind and spirit. Every day, our fellow team members show up to work, unified by one shared mission: Extending the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. As a faith-based health care organization, our story is one of hope as we strive to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. Though our facilities are spread across the country, this unwavering belief binds us together. Across every office, exam and patient room, we're committed to providing individualized, holistic care. This is our Christian mission, and it inspires us to help make communities healthier and happier. The First Assistant Surgical Tech works under the direct supervision of the surgeon to facilitate the procedure and process of surgery. First Assistant Surgical Techs are expected to prepare and position the patient for surgery, assist in visualization of the operating field, provide hemostasis, harvest surgical grafts, perform closure of incisions, and apply various wound dressings in accordance with the surgeons preference. S/he is responsible for working collaboratively with the entire surgical team to monitor sterile integrity of the surgical field, ensure all surgical counts are correct and relay necessary information to other members of the team to ensure appropriate patient care is delivered. The value you'll bring to the team: Assist his/her assigned surgeon in the surgical procedure. Know their scope of practice and follow it, along with any state/institutional laws or parameters at all times. Assist the operating room staff with positioning, prepping and draping of the surgical patient to the surgeons preference. Demonstrate knowledge of human anatomy as it relates to their assigned procedures and tasks. Demonstrate an understanding of the necessary instruments and supplies needed for the assigned surgical procedures. Qualifications: First Assistant Certification or Certified Surgical Assistant Certification High School Diploma or Equivalent BCLS obtained through the American Heart Association This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.
At AdventHealth South Overland Park, our patients find big-city care right here in their close-knit community and a team that works hard every day to live out Christ's example of love and healing. Together, we work tirelessly to provide the services our patients need, including a birth center, 24/7 emergency care, imaging services, women's care, heart care, an intensive care unit, a laboratory, physical therapy services, primary care and surgical specialties. South Overland Park is also a part of a health network that includes AdventHealth College Boulevard, AdventHealth Prairie Star, formerly known as AdventHealth Lenexa, and AdventHealth Shawnee Mission in Merriam, allowing us to extend care throughout the region that helps patients feel whole, body, mind and spirit. Every day, our fellow team members show up to work, unified by one shared mission: Extending the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. As a faith-based health care organization, our story is one of hope as we strive to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. Though our facilities are spread across the country, this unwavering belief binds us together. Across every office, exam and patient room, we're committed to providing individualized, holistic care. This is our Christian mission, and it inspires us to help make communities healthier and happier. The First Assistant Surgical Tech works under the direct supervision of the surgeon to facilitate the procedure and process of surgery. First Assistant Surgical Techs are expected to prepare and position the patient for surgery, assist in visualization of the operating field, provide hemostasis, harvest surgical grafts, perform closure of incisions, and apply various wound dressings in accordance with the surgeons preference. S/he is responsible for working collaboratively with the entire surgical team to monitor sterile integrity of the surgical field, ensure all surgical counts are correct and relay necessary information to other members of the team to ensure appropriate patient care is delivered. The value you'll bring to the team: Assist his/her assigned surgeon in the surgical procedure. Know their scope of practice and follow it, along with any state/institutional laws or parameters at all times. Assist the operating room staff with positioning, prepping and draping of the surgical patient to the surgeons preference. Demonstrate knowledge of human anatomy as it relates to their assigned procedures and tasks. Demonstrate an understanding of the necessary instruments and supplies needed for the assigned surgical procedures. Qualifications: First Assistant Certification or Certified Surgical Assistant Certification High School Diploma or Equivalent BCLS obtained through the American Heart Association This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.